2022
Actuating tension-loaded DNA clamps drives membrane tubulation
Liu L, Xiong Q, Xie C, Pincet F, Lin C. Actuating tension-loaded DNA clamps drives membrane tubulation. Science Advances 2022, 8: eadd1830. PMID: 36223466, PMCID: PMC9555772, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add1830.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA clampMembrane tubulationMembrane dynamicsMembrane-remodeling eventsVesicle tubulationConformational changesSpatiotemporal controlDNA signalsCell membraneDNA nanostructuresTubulationMembrane deformationClosed stateOpen stateSelf-assembled DNA nanostructuresOrganismsProteinMembrane tubeArtificial systemsTube widthMembraneDynamics
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