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. 2004 Mar 3;126(8):2324-5.
doi: 10.1021/ja031754r.

Tensegrity: construction of rigid DNA triangles with flexible four-arm DNA junctions

Dage Liu  1 , Mingsheng Wang, Zhaoxiang Deng, Richard Walulu, Chengde Mao
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Tensegrity: construction of rigid DNA triangles with flexible four-arm DNA junctions

Dage Liu et al. J Am Chem Soc. .

Abstract

A tensegrity strategy has been explored to construct a rigid geometrical structure (triangles) from flexible DNA four-arm junctions. The resulting DNA triangles could self-assemble into 1D and 2D arrays. This tensegrity strategy is expected to play an important role in the design of biomimetic nanomaterials.

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