Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Directing intracellular supramolecular assembly with N-heteroaromatic quaterthiophene analogues

  • David Y. W. Ng,
  • Roman Vill,
  • Yuzhou Wu,
  • Kaloian Koynov,
  • Yu Tokura,
  • Weina Liu,
  • Susanne Sihler,
  • Andreas Kreyes,
  • Sandra Ritz,
  • Holger Barth,
  • Ulrich Ziener,
  • Tanja Weil

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02020-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Self-assembly of synthetic molecules in living cells can influence cell function, but is extremely challenging due to the complex environment of cells. Here the authors report the self-assembly of small organic molecules that locate, target and self-report their supramolecular behavior in living cells.