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Preparation of Multifunctional Silk-Based Microcapsules Loaded with DNA Plasmids Encoding RNA Aptamers and Riboswitches
Published on: October 8, 2021
Experimental and computational probes of a self-assembled capsule
Tetsuo Iwasawa1, Dariush Ajami, Julius Rebek
1The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and the Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute MB-26, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
Abstract:
[reaction: see text] This research was undertaken to explore the interior surface of a synthetic receptor 1.1 with arylpyridines as guests. The interior surface differentiates the guests through the recognition of their nitrogen atoms. Experimental and computational analyses revealed that there is a delicate balance of attractions and repulsions between the host and the lone pairs of guests.
