Nadrian C. Seeman, Ruojie Sha, Jens Birktoft, Jianping Zheng, Wenyan Liu, Tong Wang, and Chengde Mao
2. Three-Dimensional DNA Nanostructures Assembled from DNA Star Motifs
Cheng Tian and Chuan Zhang
3. Design of Wireframe DNA Nanostructures-DNA Gridiron
Dongran Han
4. Complex DNA Brick Assembly
Luvena Ong, Yonggang Ke, and Peng Yin
5. Computer-Aided Design of RNA Origami Structures
Steffen L. Sparvath, Cody W. Geary, and Ebbe S. Andersen
6. Assembling RNA Nanoparticles
Shou-Jun Xiao
Part II: Applications of DNA Structures
7. DNA Functionalization of Nanoparticles
Fang Lu and Oleg Gang
8. Purification Techniques for Three-Dimensional DNA Nanostructures
Travis A. Meyer
9. DNA Nanostructure as Smart Carriers for Drug Delivery
Xiangyuan Ouyang, Jie Chao, Shao Su, and Chunhai Fan
10. DNA G-Quadruplex-Based Assay of Enzyme Activity
Zhuoliang Liu, Kaiyu He, Wang Li, Xin Liu, Xiahong Xu, Zhou Nie, and Shouzhuo Yao
11. Assembly of Multi-Enzyme Cascade on a DNA Origami Nanostructure
Jinglin Fu and Tianran Li
12. Lipid Membrane Encapsulation of a 3D DNA NanoOctahedron
Steven D. Perrault and William M. Shih
13. DNA-PAINT Super-Resolution Imaging for Nucleic Acid Nanostructures
Mingjie Dai
14. Designing DNA Nanotube Liquid Crystals as a Weak-Alignment Medium for NMR Structure Determination of Membrane Proteins
John Min, William M. Shih, and Gaëtan Bellot
15. Direct Nanofabrication Using DNA Nanostructure
Feng Zhou and Haitao Liu
16. Confined Growth of Metal Nanoparticles Within 3D DNA Origami Molds
Wei Sun and Jie Shen
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17. DNA-Directed Self-Assembly of Highly Ordered and Dense Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays
Hareem Maune and Si-ping Han
18. A Proximity-Based Programmable DNA Nanoscale Assembly Line
Xiaoyan Zhang, Xiaoqiang Ding, Jianzhou Zou, and Hongzhou Gu
19. DNA Walkers as Transport Vehicles of Nanoparticles Along a Carbon Nanotube Track
Jing Pan, Tae-Gon Cha, Haorong Chen, Feiran Li, and Jong Hyun Choi
This detailed volume presents a comprehensive technical overview of DNA nanotechnology with an emphasis on 3D DNA nanostructure design and applications. Coverage spans from basic design principles for DNA and RNA nanostructures to their cutting-edge applications in a variety of fields, with the book divided into basic DNA and RNA nanostructure design strategies as well as applications utilizing DNA nanostructures, including but not limited to nanomedicine, bioimaging, biosensing, nanoplasmonics, nanoelectronics, nanofabrication, crystallography, biophysics, and analytical chemistry. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Comprehensive and authoritative, 3D DNA Nanostructure: Methods and Protocols provides the most up-to-date tutorial style overviews and technical style protocols to benefit researchers in a wide variety of areas.