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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2022

Reaction-Diffusion Patterning of DNA-Based Artificial Cells.

Adrian Leathers, Michal Walczak, Ryan A Brady, Assala Al Samad, Jurij Kotar, Michael J Booth, Pietro Cicuta, Lorenzo Di Michele

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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29 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Dynamic Transcription Machineries in Protocells.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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  19. Enzyme-Responsive DNA Condensates.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Adrian LeathersBiological and Soft Systems, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.
Michal WalczakBiological and Soft Systems, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-4701-9476
Ryan A BradyDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, King's College London, London SE1 1DB, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-0408-3224
Assala Al SamadChemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.
Jurij KotarBiological and Soft Systems, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.
Michael J BoothChemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-4224-798X
Pietro CicutaBiological and Soft Systems, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-9193-8496
Lorenzo Di MicheleBiological and Soft Systems, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-1458-9747

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological cells display complex internal architectures with distinct micro environments that establish the chemical heterogeneity needed to sustain cellular functions. The continued efforts to create advanced cell mimics, namely, artificial cells, demands strategies for constructing similarly heterogeneous structures with localized functionalities. Here, we introduce a platform for constructing membraneless artificial cells from the self-assembly of synthetic DNA nanostructures in which internal domains can be established thanks to prescribed reaction-diffusion waves. The method, rationalized through numerical modeling, enables the formation of up to five distinct concentric environments in which functional moieties can be localized. As a proof-of-concept, we apply this platform to build DNA-based artificial cells in which a prototypical nucleus synthesizes fluorescent RNA aptamers that then accumulate in a surrounding storage shell, thus demonstrating the spatial segregation of functionalities reminiscent of that observed in biological cells.

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Aptamers, NucleotideArtificial CellsNanostructuresDiffusionDNAAptamers, NucleotideDNA

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PMID36103297
PMCPMC9523701

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