DNA origami: scaffolds for creating higher order structures

F Hong, F Zhang, Y Liu, H Yan - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
DNA has become one of the most extensively used molecular building blocks for
engineering self-assembling materials. DNA origami is a technique that uses hundreds of …

Learning without neurons in physical systems

M Stern, A Murugan - Annual Review of Condensed Matter …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Learning is traditionally studied in biological or computational systems. The power of
learning frameworks in solving hard inverse problems provides an appealing case for the …

Functional DNA-based cytoskeletons for synthetic cells

P Zhan, K Jahnke, N Liu, K Göpfrich - Nature chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
The cytoskeleton is an essential component of a cell. It controls the cell shape, establishes
the internal organization, and performs vital biological functions. Building synthetic …

Programmable autonomous synthesis of single-stranded DNA

JY Kishi, TE Schaus, N Gopalkrishnan, F Xuan… - Nature chemistry, 2018 - nature.com
DNA performs diverse functional roles in biology, nanotechnology and biotechnology, but
current methods for autonomously synthesizing arbitrary single-stranded DNA are limited …

Bottom-up assembly of synthetic cells with a DNA cytoskeleton

K Jahnke, V Huth, U Mersdorf, N Liu, K Göpfrich - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cytoskeletal elements, like actin and myosin, have been reconstituted inside lipid vesicles
toward the vision to reconstruct cells from the bottom up. Here, we realize the de novo …

Programmable and multifunctional DNA‐based materials for biomedical applications

Y Zhang, J Tu, D Wang, H Zhu, SK Maity… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
DNA encodes the genetic information; recently, it has also become a key player in material
science. Given the specific Watson–Crick base‐pairing interactions between only four types …

An enzyme-free molecular catalytic device: dynamically self-assembled DNA dendrimers for in situ imaging of microRNAs in live cells

S Yue, X Song, W Song, S Bi - Chemical Science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA has become a promising material to construct high-order structures and molecular
devices owing to its sequence programmability. Herein, a DNA machine based on branched …

Rationally programming nanomaterials with DNA for biomedical applications

L He, J Mu, O Gang, X Chen - Advanced Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
DNA is not only a carrier of genetic information, but also a versatile structural tool for the
engineering and self‐assembling of nanostructures. In this regard, the DNA template has …

Periodically Ordered, Nuclease‐Resistant DNA Nanowires Decorated with Cell‐Specific Aptamers as Selective Theranostic Agents

C Xue, S Zhang, X Yu, S Hu, Y Lu… - Angewandte Chemie, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
DNA nanostructures have shown potential in cancer therapy. However, their clinical
application is hampered by the difficulty to deliver them into cancer cells and susceptibility to …

Designer nanomaterials through programmable assembly

JS Kahn, O Gang - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticles have long been recognized for their unique properties, leading to exciting
potential applications across optics, electronics, magnetism, and catalysis. These specific …