Triggered contraction of self-assembled micron-scale DNA nanotube rings

Abstract Contractile rings are formed from cytoskeletal filaments during cell division. Ring formation is induced by specific crosslinkers, while contraction is typically associated with motor protein activity. Here, we engineer DNA nanotubes and peptide-functionalized starPEG constructs as syntheti...

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Main Authors: Maja Illig, Kevin Jahnke, Lukas P. Weise, Marlene Scheffold, Ulrike Mersdorf, Hauke Drechsler, Yixin Zhang, Stefan Diez, Jan Kierfeld, Kerstin Göpfrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46339-z