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ArticleScience advances2017

Sub-100-nm metafluorophores with digitally tunable optical properties self-assembled from DNA.

Johannes B Woehrstein, Maximilian T Strauss, Luvena L Ong, Bryan Wei, David Y Zhang, Ralf Jungmann, Peng Yin

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Article in Science advances, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Johannes B WoehrsteinWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Maximilian T StraussWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Luvena L OngWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5317-3018
Bryan WeiWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
David Y ZhangWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Ralf JungmannWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Peng YinWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Harvard University · US

Funding

Super-resolution imaging via programmable autonomous blinkingR01EB018659 · NIBIB · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI YIN, PENG · 2013 to 2017
$3.3M
Engineering Bioimaging Probes Based on Triggered Molecular GeometryDP2OD007292 · OD · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI YIN, PENG · 2010 to 2010
$2.5M
Programmable metafluorophores for quantitative multiplex in situ imaging of mRNAR21HD072481 · NICHD · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI YIN, PENG · 2012 to 2013
$452k
Bio-imaging with Isothermal DNA Self-AssemblyK99EB015331 · NIBIB · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI ZHANG, DAVID YU · 2012 to 2013
$179k
European Research Council 680241NIBIB NIH HHS K99 EB015331NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB018659NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD072481NIH HHS DP2 OD007292
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fluorescence microscopy allows specific target detection down to the level of single molecules and has become an enabling tool in biological research. To transduce the biological information to an imageable signal, we have developed a variety of fluorescent probes, such as organic dyes or fluorescent proteins with different colors. Despite their success, a limitation on constructing small fluorescent probes is the lack of a general framework to achieve precise and programmable control of critical optical properties, such as color and brightness. To address this challenge, we introduce metafluorophores, which are constructed as DNA nanostructure-based fluorescent probes with digitally tunable optical properties. Each metafluorophore is composed of multiple organic fluorophores, organized in a spatially controlled fashion in a compact sub-100-nm architecture using a DNA nanostructure scaffold. Using DNA origami with a size of 90 × 60 nm

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Biophysical PhenomenaDNAFluorescent DyesMicroscopy, FluorescenceNanostructuresNanotechnologyNucleic Acid ConformationNucleic AcidsDNAFluorescent DyesNucleic AcidsBiophysicsDNA nanotechnologyfluorescence microscopyMetafluorophoresMultiplexed Imagingself assemblysingle molecule fluorescence

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