Transferencia de carga de largo alcance a través del ADN mediante la sustitución de la adenina por diaminopurina

Kiyohiko Kawai1, Haruka Kodera, Tetsuro Majima

  • 1The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN), Osaka University, Mihogaoka 8-1, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan. kiyohiko@sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp

Resumen

La transferencia de carga a lo largo del ADN se ve obstaculizada por los pares de bases A-T. La sustitución de la adenina (A) por la diaminopurina (D) mejora la eficiencia de la transferencia de carga, ofreciendo nuevas posibilidades para la electrónica basada en el ADN.

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