«Unlike mutations in
the DNA building units, it is reversible.
Not exact matches
Because the
DNA cages are used as a «mold» to
build the polymer particle, the particle size and number of molecular
units in the polymer can be precisely controlled, says Sleiman, who holds the Canada Research Chair in
DNA Nanoscience.
Vijayvargia's team of master's degree students recently designed and
built a
DNA gel electrophoresis
unit with power pack and ultraviolet illuminator that would cost as much as $ 2000 commercially; their version cost about $ 35.
Doctoral candidates Philip Ketterer and Elena Willner collaborated with Dietz in
building a rotory mechanism from three multilayer
DNA building blocks: a rotor
unit, with a body roughly 32 nanometers long and a longer, lever - like extension; and two clamp elements that «click» together to form an axle bearing.
Nucleotides are the basic structural
units and
building blocks for
DNA.
While much of the past work with
DNA analogs such as PNA has focused on nucleobases already anchored to their backbone
units, Ghadiri had the idea of working with simpler
building blocks.
These air purifying
units are sized to help sanitize the air flowing through your business — killing or deactivating the
DNA of harmful and infectious micro-organisms brought into your
building.