Issue 21, 2016
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Chemical Communications

Site-specific control of silica mineralization on DNA using a designed peptide†

Makoto Ozaki,‡a   Kazuma Nagai,‡a   Hiroto Nishiyama,‡a   Takaaki Tsuruoka,a   Satoshi Fujii,a   Tamaki Endoh,b   Takahito Imai,c   Kin-ya Tomizaki*cd  and  Kenji Usui*a  

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a FIRST (Faculty of Frontiers of Innovative Research in Science and Technology), Konan University, 7-1-20 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
E-mail: kusui@center.konan-u.ac.jp
Fax: +81 78 303 1495
Tel: +81 78 303 1418

b FIBER (Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research), Konan University, 7-1-20 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan

c Department of Materials Chemistry, Ryukoku University, 1-5 Yokotani, Seta Oe-cho, Otsu 520-2194, Japan

d Innovative Materials and Processing Research Center, Ryukoku University, 1-5 Yokotani, Seta Oe-cho, Otsu 520-2194, Japan
E-mail: tomizaki@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp
Fax: +81 77 543 7483
Tel: +81 77 543 7469

Abstract

We developed a site-specific method for precipitating inorganic compounds using organic compounds, DNA, and designed peptides with peptide nucleic acids (PNAs). Such a system for site-specific precipitation represents a powerful tool for use in nanobiochemistry and materials chemistry.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC07870A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Sep 2015
Accepted
04 Dec 2015
First published
07 Dec 2015

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 4010-4013

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Site-specific control of silica mineralization on DNA using a designed peptide

M. Ozaki, K. Nagai, H. Nishiyama, T. Tsuruoka, S. Fujii, T. Endoh, T. Imai, K. Tomizaki and K. Usui, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 4010 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC07870A

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