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ArticleNature communications2020

Revealing the structures of megadalton-scale DNA complexes with nucleotide resolution.

Massimo Kube, Fabian Kohler, Elija Feigl, Baki Nagel-Yüksel, Elena M Willner, Jonas J Funke, Thomas Gerling, Pierre Stömmer, Maximilian N Honemann, Thomas G Martin and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. 3D RNA-scaffolded wireframe origami.Nature communications · 2023
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  20. Geometrically programmed self-limited assembly of tubules using DNA origami colloids.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Massimo KubePhysik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Fabian KohlerPhysik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Elija FeiglPhysik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Baki Nagel-YükselPhysik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4035-0270
Elena M WillnerPhysik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Jonas J FunkePhysik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Thomas GerlingPhysik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Pierre StömmerPhysik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Maximilian N HonemannPhysik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Thomas G MartinMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
Sjors H W ScheresMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0462-6540
Hendrik DietzPhysik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany. dietz@tum.de.ORCID 0000-0003-1270-3662

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UP_A025_1013
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The methods of DNA nanotechnology enable the rational design of custom shapes that self-assemble in solution from sets of DNA molecules. DNA origami, in which a long template DNA single strand is folded by many short DNA oligonucleotides, can be employed to make objects comprising hundreds of unique DNA strands and thousands of base pairs, thus in principle providing many degrees of freedom for modelling complex objects of defined 3D shapes and sizes. Here, we address the problem of accurate structural validation of DNA objects in solution with cryo-EM based methodologies. By taking into account structural fluctuations, we can determine structures with improved detail compared to previous work. To interpret the experimental cryo-EM maps, we present molecular-dynamics-based methods for building pseudo-atomic models in a semi-automated fashion. Among other features, our data allows discerning details such as helical grooves, single-strand versus double-strand crossovers, backbone phosphate positions, and single-strand breaks. Obtaining this higher level of detail is a step forward that now allows designers to inspect and refine their designs with base-pair level interventions.

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Nucleic Acid ConformationCryoelectron MicroscopyDNAModels, MolecularNanostructuresNanotechnologyNucleotidesDNANucleotides

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PMID33277481
PMCPMC7718922

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