Gold nanocrystal-mediated sliding of doublet DNA origami filaments

Maximilian J. Urban; Steffen Both; Chao Zhou; Anton Kuzyk; Klas Lindfors; Thomas Weiss; Na Liu

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03882-w

Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Gold nanocrystal-mediated sliding of doublet DNA origami filaments

Maximilian J. Urban,
Steffen Both,
Chao Zhou,
Anton Kuzyk,
Klas Lindfors,
Thomas Weiss,
Na Liu

Affiliations

Maximilian J. Urban: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Steffen Both: 4th Physics Institute and Stuttgart Research Center of Photonic Engineering, University of Stuttgart
Chao Zhou: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Anton Kuzyk: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Klas Lindfors: Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne
Thomas Weiss: 4th Physics Institute and Stuttgart Research Center of Photonic Engineering, University of Stuttgart
Na Liu: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03882-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Kinesin, a motor protein, moves along filaments in a walk-like fashion to transport cargo to specific places in the cell. Here, the authors developed an analogous, artificial system consisting of nanoparticles moving along DNA filaments.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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