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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2021

Spontaneous Reorganization of DNA-Based Polymers in Higher Ordered Structures Fueled by RNA.

Serena Gentile, Erica Del Grosso, Passa E Pungchai, Elisa Franco, Leonard J Prins, Francesco Ricci

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. DNA Condensates Enable Crosstalk-Free Operation of Identical DNA Computing Cascades.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  2. Stimuli-Responsive Chemical Systems That Mimic Biological Dynamics.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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  9. Orthogonal Enzyme-Driven Timers for DNA Strand Displacement Reactions.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2022
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  11. Dissipative DNA nanotechnology.Nature chemistry · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Serena GentileDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Erica Del GrossoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Passa E PungchaiDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 410 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States.
Elisa FrancoDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and of Bioengineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1103-2668
Leonard J PrinsDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6664-822X
Francesco RicciDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4941-8646

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We demonstrate a strategy that allows for the spontaneous reconfiguration of self-assembled DNA polymers exploiting RNA as chemical fuel. To do this, we have rationally designed orthogonally addressable DNA building blocks that can be transiently deactivated by RNA fuels and subtracted temporarily from participation in the self-assembly process. Through a fine modulation of the rate at which the building blocks are reactivated we can carefully control the final composition of the polymer and convert a disordered polymer in a higher order polymer, which is disfavored from a thermodynamic point of view. We measure the dynamic reconfiguration via fluorescent signals and confocal microscopy, and we derive a kinetic model that captures the experimental results. Our approach suggests a novel route toward the development of biomolecular materials in which engineered chemical reactions support the autonomous spatial reorganization of multiple components.

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DNANucleic Acid ConformationPhase TransitionPolymerizationPolymersRibonuclease HRNADNAPolymersRibonuclease HRNA

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PMID34843256
PMCPMC8662731

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