2018
Vesicle Tubulation with Self‐Assembling DNA Nanosprings
Grome MW, Zhang Z, Pincet F, Lin C. Vesicle Tubulation with Self‐Assembling DNA Nanosprings. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57: 5330-5334. PMID: 29575478, PMCID: PMC5924453, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201800141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane-deforming proteinsDNA origami designMembrane tubulationMembrane tubulesMembrane curvatureMembrane surface coverageVesicle tubulationDNA structureLipid bilayersTubulationNanospringsTube morphologyIntricate interplayArtificial nanomachinesVesicle deformationSpherical vesiclesNanotechnologyMajor goalProteinDNAVesiclesNanomachinesBioengineeringDetergentsMorphology
2017
Placing and shaping liposomes with reconfigurable DNA nanocages
Zhang Z, Yang Y, Pincet F, Llaguno M, Lin C. Placing and shaping liposomes with reconfigurable DNA nanocages. Nature Chemistry 2017, 9: 653-659. PMID: 28644472, PMCID: PMC5542812, DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2802.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane-bound vesiclesDNA cagesRegulated deformationsDNA nanocagesMembrane curvatureMembrane fusionConformational changesBiological membranesCell membraneLipid bilayer membranesMembrane mechanicsVesiclesDiverse structuresMembraneCellsBilayer membranesVersatile toolDelivery vesiclesToroid shapeLiposome shape