Monday, January 16, 2012

Spherical Nucleic Acids


Joshua I. Cutler, Evelyn Auyeung, and Chad A. Mirkin*
Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
J. Am. Chem. Soc., Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/ja209351u
Publication Date (Web): January 9, 2012
Copyright © 2012 American Chemical Society
A historical perspective of the development of spherical nucleic acid (SNA) conjugates and other three-dimensional nucleic acid nanostructures is provided. This Perspective details the synthetic methods for preparing them, followed by a discussion of their unique properties and theoretical and experimental models for understanding them. Important examples of technological advances made possible by their fundamental properties spanning the fields of chemistry, molecular diagnostics, gene regulation, medicine, and materials science are also presented.

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