Hey hey hey hey, it was the DNA

The investigation of the emergence of spatial patterning in the density profiles of the individual elements of multicomponent systems was perhaps first popularised in a biophysical context by Turing’s work on embryogenesis in 1952. How molecular-scale properties transpire to produce patterns at larg...

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Main Author: Martin A K Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/5/051002
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description The investigation of the emergence of spatial patterning in the density profiles of the individual elements of multicomponent systems was perhaps first popularised in a biophysical context by Turing’s work on embryogenesis in 1952. How molecular-scale properties transpire to produce patterns at larger scales continues to fascinate today. Now a model DNA–nanotube system, whose assemblies have been reported recently by Glaser et al (2016 New J. Phys. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/5/055001 18 http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/5/055001 ), promises to reveal insights by allowing the mechanical properties of the underlying macromolecular entities to be controlled independently of their chemical nature.
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Hey hey hey hey, it was the DNA
New Journal of Physics
DNA
bionanotechnology
hierarchical assembly
title Hey hey hey hey, it was the DNA
title_full Hey hey hey hey, it was the DNA
title_fullStr Hey hey hey hey, it was the DNA
title_full_unstemmed Hey hey hey hey, it was the DNA
title_short Hey hey hey hey, it was the DNA
title_sort hey hey hey hey it was the dna
topic DNA
bionanotechnology
hierarchical assembly
url https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/5/051002
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