Title
A DNA Nanomachine Powered by Light Irradiation
Author
Xingguo Liang, Hidenori Nishioka, Nobutaka Takenaka, Hiroyuki Asanuma
Year
2008
Journal
ChemBioChem
Abstract
Photoresponsive nanoscale tweezers fuelled by photons were constructed with azobenzene-modified DNA. The tweezers were photoswitched to the open state with UV light irradiation (λ=330–350 nm) and to the closed state with visible light (λ=440–460 nm) without the addition of further oligonucleotides as fuel.
Instrument
FP-6500
Keywords
Fluorescence, FRET, DNA structure, Nanostructures, Materials, Biochemistry