Branched Nanowire Based Guanine Rich Oligonucleotides

Abstract Self-assembly and aggregation of guanine rich sequences can provide useful insights into DNA nanotechnology and telomeric structure and function. In this paper, we designed a guanine rich sequence d(GGCGTTTTGCGG). We found that it can form stable structure in appropriate condition and it exhibits an anomalous CD spectra. This structures can be imaged in ambient environment with a Nanoscope III AFM (Digital Instruments). We found it forms branch structure and long multistrand DNA nanowire after incubation at 37°C for 612 hours in 25 mM TE (pH=8.0) + 5 mM Mg2+ + 50 mM K+. The ability to self-assemble into branches and long wires not only clearly demonstrate its potential as scaffold structures for nanotechnology, but also give aids to understand telomeric structure further. We have proposed a model to explain how these structures formed.

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