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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08521-6
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- National Science Foundation, Chemical Measurement & Imaging Program [CHE CMI 1608287]
- Fundacio Joan Riera i Gubau
- UC San Diego Molecular Biophysics Training Grant [NIH T32 GM008326]
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DNA and RNA have emerged as a material for nanotechnology applications that take advantage of the nucleic acids' ability to encode folding and programmable self-assembly through mainly base pairing. The two types of nucleic acid have rarely been used in combination to enhance structural diversity or for partitioning of functional and architectural roles. Here, we report a design and screening strategy to integrate combinations of RNA motifs as architectural joints and DNA building blocks as functional modules for programmable self-assembly of a versatile toolkit of polygonal nucleic acid nanoshapes. Clean incorporation of diverse DNA modules with various topologies attest to the extraordinary robustness of the RNA-DNA hybrid framework. The design and screening strategy enables systematic development of RNA-DNA hybrid nanoshapes as programmable platforms for applications in molecular recognition, sensor and catalyst development as well as protein interaction studies.
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