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Complex DNA Brick Assembly

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3D DNA Nanostructure

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DNA nanostructures are a useful technology for precisely organizing and manipulating nanomaterials. The DNA bricks method is a modular and versatile platform for applications requiring discrete or periodic structures with complex three-dimensional features. Here, we describe how structures are designed from the fundamental strand architecture through assembly and characterization of the formed structures.

The original version of this chapter was revised. The erratum to this chapter is available at: DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-6454-3_20

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  1. Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, CLSB 5th Floor, Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Luvena L. Ong

  2. The Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Luvena L. Ong

  3. The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA

    Yonggang Ke

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  1. Biomolecular Nanoengineering Laboratory, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Yonggang Ke

  2. Biomolecular Nanoengineering Laboratory, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Pengfei Wang

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Ong, L.L., Ke, Y. (2017). Complex DNA Brick Assembly. In: Ke, Y., Wang, P. (eds) 3D DNA Nanostructure. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1500. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6454-3_4

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