DNA NANOCAGE BY SELF-ORGANIZATION OF DNA AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND DNA NANOTUBE AND MOLECULAR CARRIER USING THE SAME

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nanocage formable only by mixing only three kinds of oligonucleotides using little energy and consisting of DNA, a method for producing a DNA nanocage capable of easily and economically constituting DNA nanocage through one-step operation, a nanotube in which the nanocage is connected and fused in a one-dimensional direction, and a molecular carrier capable of reversibly including a plurality of nanoparticles such as a metallic fine particle and a protein in the inner space.

SOLUTION: A DNA nanocage consists of three kinds of oligonucleotides having a designed sequence and is formed by self-organizing a double-stranded DNA branched in three directions.

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