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Science 17 December 2004:
Vol. 306. no. 5704, pp. 2048 - 2049
DOI: 10.1126/science.1106754
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Perspectives

MATERIALS SCIENCE:
Nucleic Acid Nanotechnology

Hao Yan

Nucleic acids are increasingly used to build nanometer-scale structures that may be used in future nanotechnology devices. In his Perspective, Yan identifies two key goals in this area: to perform controlled mechanical movements, and to produce complex structures from simple molecular building blocks. He highlights the reports of Liao and Seeman, whose ribosome-like DNA devices mimic nature's biological motors to create nanometer-scale machines, and of Chworos et al., who create nanometer-scale materials by organizing RNA components into precisely controlled ensembles. Yan identifies several areas, such as error correction and scaled-up self-assembly, that require particular attention if the potential of nucleic acid-based nanotechnology is to be fulfilled.

The author is at the Biodesign Institute and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. E-mail: hao.yan{at}asu.edu

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