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Self-Assembly of DNA Rings from Scaffold-Free DNA Tiles

Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, the Biodesign Institute and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
Nano Lett., 2013, 13 (4), pp 1862–1866
DOI: 10.1021/nl400859d
Publication Date (Web): March 27, 2013
Copyright © 2013 American Chemical Society
*E-mail: (H.Y.) hao.yan@asu.edu; (Y.L.) yan_liu@asu.edu.

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We report a scaffold-free approach in which four- and six-helix DNA bundle units, assembled from a small number of single stranded DNA oligonucleotides precisely arranged in networks of contiguous and semicrossover strands, are connected into DNA nano rings. Nearly uniform structures with well-defined diameters of 53 ± 7, 81 ± 9, 85 ± 8, and 166 ± 13 nm were achieved by introducing uniform, in-plane curvature to the repeating units. We demonstrate that precise higher order assemblies can be achieved by fine tuning the particular features of the individual building blocks.

Methods and materials, DNA sequences, additional AFM images, gels, and statistical analysis. This material is available free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.

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Received 7 March 2013
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