Lin Chenxiang, Ke Yonggang, Li Zhe, Wang James H, Liu Yan, Yan Hao
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA.
Nano Lett. 2009 Jan;9(1):433-6. doi: 10.1021/nl803328v.
L-DNA, the mirror image of natural D-DNA, can be readily self-assembled into designer discrete or periodic nanostructures. The assembly products are characterized by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, circular dichroism spectrum, atomic force microscope, and fluorescence microscope. We found that the use of enantiomer DNA as building material leads to the formation of DNA supramolecules with opposite chirality. Therefore, the L-DNA self-assembly is a substantial complement to the structural DNA nanotechnology. Moreover, the L-DNA architectures feature superior nuclease resistance thus are appealing for in vivo medical applications.
L-DNA是天然D-DNA的镜像,能够很容易地自组装成定制的离散或周期性纳米结构。通过聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳、圆二色光谱、原子力显微镜和荧光显微镜对组装产物进行表征。我们发现,使用对映体DNA作为构建材料会导致形成具有相反手性的DNA超分子。因此,L-DNA自组装是对结构DNA纳米技术的重要补充。此外,L-DNA结构具有优异的核酸酶抗性,因此在体内医学应用中具有吸引力。