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Review
. 2004 Mar;2(3):E73.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020073. Epub 2004 Mar 16.

Protein nanomachines

Michael Strong  1
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Protein nanomachines

Michael Strong. PLoS Biol. 2004 Mar.

Abstract

At the interface of biology and nanotechnology lies an area of research that aims to construct molecular-scale machines based on protein and nucleic acid

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Figure 1. Self-Assembled DNA Nanostructures
(A) DNA “tile” structure consisting of four branched junctions oriented at 90° intervals. These tiles serve as the primary “building block” for the assembly of the DNA nanogrids shown in (B). Each tile consists of nine DNA oligonucleotides as shown. (B) An atomic force microscope image of a self-assembled DNA nanogrid. Individual DNA tiles self-assemble into a highly ordered periodic two-dimensional DNA nanogrid. (Images were kindly provided by Thomas H. LaBean and Hao Yan.)
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