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DNA-Directed Chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nearly 60 years after becoming the emblematic “molecule of life”, DNA has continued to shed its purely biological skin to become an important polymer in nearly all aspects of chemistry. The properties that make DNA a robust carrier of genetic information – simplicity, stability, and programmability – have also made it the premier biopolymer at the rapidly emerging interface of biology, chemistry, materials science, and engineering. No longer just a code to be read by the cell, DNA is now a catalyst, building material, machine, robot, and computer.
This special issue of Molecules welcomes previously unpublished manuscripts that highlight non-biological roles of DNA and its properties that enable broad functionality in chemistry and biology. Topics will include, but are not limited to: DNA nanotechnology, catalysis, self-assembly, DNA-derived polymers, sensors and beacons, DNA-directed synthesis, DNA machines, and DNA computation.
Dr. Paul Paukstelis
Guest Editor
Nearly 60 years after becoming the emblematic “molecule of life”, DNA has continued to shed its purely biological skin to become an important polymer in nearly all aspects of chemistry. The properties that make DNA a robust carrier of genetic information – simplicity, stability, and programmability – have also made it the premier biopolymer at the rapidly emerging interface of biology, chemistry, materials science, and engineering. No longer just a code to be read by the cell, DNA is now a catalyst, building material, machine, robot, and computer.
This special issue of Molecules welcomes previously unpublished manuscripts that highlight non-biological roles of DNA and its properties that enable broad functionality in chemistry and biology. Topics will include, but are not limited to: DNA nanotechnology, catalysis, self-assembly, DNA-derived polymers, sensors and beacons, DNA-directed synthesis, DNA machines, and DNA computation.
Dr. Paul Paukstelis
Guest Editor
Keywords
- DNA catalysis
- DNA-directed synthesis
- DNA-directed transfer reactions
- ligation assay
- multiplex assay
- native chemical ligation
- peptide nucleic acids
- templates
- template
- catalysis
- turnover
- DNA nanotechnology
- DNA beacons
- DNA sensors
- DNA self-assembly
- DNA origami
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Published Papers
Molecules - ISSN 1420-3049