Stabilisation of self-assembled DNA crystals by triplex-directed photo-cross-linking

• DOI: 10.1039/c6cc03695c
• Publication Date: 2016-06-06T09:03:11Z
• Authors: Hatem O. Abdallah; Yoel P. Ohayon; Arun Richard Chan...; Ruojie Sha; Keith R. Fox; Tom Brown; David A. Rusling; Chengde Mao; Nadrian C. Seeman
• Keywords: Cross-Linking Reagents; Temperature; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Trioxsalen; DNA; 540; Crystallization; Photochemical Processes; 530; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Cross-linked crystals: triplex-forming oligonucleotides can direct cross-linking reactions within or between tiles of a DNA crystal, improving their thermal stability.