Expansion of the DNA Alphabet beyond Natural DNA Recognition

Hisae Tateishi-Karimata; Naoki Sugimoto

doi:10.1002/cbic.201600181

Expansion of the DNA Alphabet beyond Natural DNA Recognition

Chembiochem. 2016 Jul 15;17(14):1301-3. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201600181. Epub 2016 Apr 27.

Authors

Hisae Tateishi-Karimata¹, Naoki Sugimoto^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER), Konan University, 7-1-20, Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
² Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER), Konan University, 7-1-20, Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan. sugimoto@konan-u.ac.jp.
³ Graduate School of Frontier of Innovative Research in Science and Technology (FIRST), Konan University, 7-1-20, Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan. sugimoto@konan-u.ac.jp.

PMID: 27061868
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600181

Abstract

Simple and inexpensive DNA fibres: New, stable DNA structures are created by the binding of a small molecule to poly(A). Because these DNA fibres are formed from inexpensive materials by using very simple methods, DNA materials suitable for practical use such as information storage should be possible in the near future.

Keywords: DNA structures; cyanuric acid; hexamers; nanotechnology.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Computers, Molecular
DNA / chemistry*
Hydrogen Bonding
Nanostructures / chemistry*
Nanotechnology / methods*
Poly A / chemistry

Substances

Poly A
poly(dA)
DNA