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Self-assembled nanostructures based on DNA: towards the development of nanobiotechnology
1Universität Bremen, FB 2-UFT, Biotechnologie und Molekulare Genetik, Leobener Strasse, D-28359, Bremen, Germany. cmn@biotec.uni-bremen.de
Current Opinion in Chemical Biology
|December 5, 2000
Abstract:
DNA is a promising construction material for the supramolecular 'bottom-up' engineering of artificial nanostructured devices. The use of DNA for the selective positioning of macromolecular components, the fabrication of nanostructured DNA scaffolds, as well as the DNA-templated synthesis of nanometer-sized and mesoscopic complexes, consisting of inorganic and bioorganic compounds, are exciting areas of current research.