Cover Picture: Transient DNA‐Based Nanostructures Controlled by Redox Inputs (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 32/2020). Issue 32 (25th May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Del Grosso, Erica; Prins, Leonard J.; Ricci, Francesco
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 59:Issue 32(2020)
• Page Start: 13125
• Page End: 13125
• Publication Date: 2020-05-25
• Subjects: DNA nanotechnology -- DNA structures -- nonequilibrium processes -- self-assembly -- supramolecular chemistry; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006641
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

Abstract : Kinetically controlled DNA nanostructures were generated through purely chemical reactions. In their Research Article on page 13238, F. Ricci et al. describe the transient self‐assembly of DNA‐based nanostructures achieved by reduction/oxidation of disulfide/thiol controllers. Inspired by redox signaling in cells to control cellular processes, redox cycles of DNA‐based disulfide controller strands were employed to kinetically control the reversible assembly and disassembly of DNA tubular nanostructures.