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A DNA Tile Actuator with Eleven Discrete States†

  1. Dr. Zhao Zhang1,2,‡,
  2. Eva M. Olsen1,2,‡,
  3. Mille Kryger1,2,
  4. Niels V. Voigt1,2,
  5. Thomas Tørring1,2,
  6. Eda Gültekin1,2,
  7. Morten Nielsen1,2,
  8. Reza MohammadZadegan1,3,
  9. Dr. Ebbe S. Andersen1,3,
  10. Morten M. Nielsen1,3,
  11. Prof. Jørgen Kjems1,3,
  12. Dr. Victoria Birkedal1,4,
  13. Prof. Kurt V. Gothelf1,2,*

Article first published online: 21 MAR 2011

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201007642

Issue

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 50, Issue 17, pages 3983–3987, April 18, 2011

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How to Cite

Zhang, Z., Olsen, E. M., Kryger, M., Voigt, N. V., Tørring, T., Gültekin, E., Nielsen, M., MohammadZadegan, R., Andersen, E. S., Nielsen, M. M., Kjems, J., Birkedal, V. and Gothelf, K. V. (2011), A DNA Tile Actuator with Eleven Discrete States. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50: 3983–3987. doi: 10.1002/anie.201007642

Author Information

  1. 1

    Center for DNA Nanotechnology (CDNA) at the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C (Denmark), Fax: (+45) 8619-6199

  2. 2

    Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University (Denmark)

  3. 3

    Department of Molecular Biology, Aarhus University (Denmark)

  4. 4

    iNANO Center, Aarhus University (Denmark)

  1. ‡

    These authors contributed equally to this work.

*Center for DNA Nanotechnology (CDNA) at the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C (Denmark), Fax: (+45) 8619-6199

  1. †

    This work was supported by grants from the Danish National Research Foundation to the CDNA Center, the Danish Research Agency through support to the iNANO Center, and the Danish Council for Independent Research.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 13 APR 2011
  2. Article first published online: 21 MAR 2011
  3. Manuscript Received: 6 DEC 2010

Funded by

  • Danish National Research Foundation
  • Danish Research Agency
  • Danish Council for Independent Research

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Keywords:

  • DNA;
  • DNA structures;
  • FRET;
  • molecular devices;
  • nucleic acid hybridization

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Elegant control: A DNA actuator based on the most fundamental motif in DNA nanotechnology, the double crossover tile, has a linear sliding-gauge type of motion among eleven different states (see picture). The actuator has the ability to fine-tune the distances between attached components (resolution of less than 1 nm) for both physical studies and chemical control.

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