Synthesis and assembly of monofunctionalized pyrogallolarene capsules monitored by fluorescence resonance energy transfer
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Preparation of Multifunctional Silk-Based Microcapsules Loaded with DNA Plasmids Encoding RNA Aptamers and Riboswitches
Published on: October 8, 2021
Elizabeth S Barrett1, Trevor J Dale, Julius Rebek
1Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute, MB-26, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
Abstract:
Pyrogallol[4]arenes were monofunctionalized with fluorophores and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) was used to follow the self-assembly and exchange of the hexameric capsules at micromolar concentrations.

