DNA nanotechnology : methods and protocols

1. Synthesis and Characterization of Self-assembled DNA Nanostructures Chenxiang Lin, Yonggang Ke, Rahul Chhabra, Jaswinder Sharma, Yan Liu, and Hao Yan 2. Protocols for Self-assembly and Imaging of DNA Nanostructures Thomas L. Sobey and Friedrich C. Simmel 3. Self-Assembly of Metal-DNA Triangles and DNA Nanotubes with Synthetic Junctions Hua Yang, Pik Kwan Lo, Christopher K. McLaughlin, Graham D. Hamblin, Faisal A. Aldaye, and Hanadi F. Sleiman 4. DNA-Templated Pd Conductive Metallic Nanowires Khoa Nguyen, Stephane Campidelli, and Arianna Filoramo 5. A Method to Map Spatiotemporal pH Changes Inside Living Cells using a pH Triggered DNA Nanoswitch Souvik Modi and Yamuna Krishnan 6. Control of Helical Handedness in DNA and PNA Nanostructures Roberto Corradini, Tullia Tedeschi, Stefano Sforza, Mark M. Green, and Rosangela Marchelli 7. G-quartet, G-quadruplex, and G-wire Regulated by Chemical Stimuli Daisuke Miyoshi and Naoki Sugimoto 8. Preparation and Atomic Force Microscopy of Quadruplex DNA James Vesenka 9. Synthesis of Long DNA-based Nanowires Alexander Kotlyar 10. G-wire Synthesis and Modification with Gold-nanoparticle Christian Leiterer, Andrea Csaki, and Wolfgang Fritzsche 11. Preparation of DNA Nanostructures with Repetitive Binding Motifs by Rolling Circle Amplification Edda Reiss, Ralph Holzel, and Frank F. Bier 12. Controlled Confinement of DNA at the Nanoscale: Nanofabrication and Surface Bio-functionalization Matteo Palma, Justin Abramson, Alon A. Gorodetsky, Colin Nuckolls, Michael P. Sheetz, Shalom J. Wind, and James Hone 13. Templated Assembly of DNA Origami Gold Nanoparticle Arrays on Lithographically Patterned Surfaces Albert M. Hung and Jennifer N. Cha 14. DNA-modified Single Crystal and Nanoporous Silicon Andrew Houlton, Bernard A. Connolly, Andrew R. Pike, and Benjamin R. Horrocks 15. The Atomic Force Microscopy as a Lithographic Tool: Nanografting of DNA Nanostructures for Biosensing Applications Matteo Castronovo and Denis Scaini 16. Trapping and Immobilization of DNA Molecules Between Nanoelectrodes Anton Kuzyk, J. Jussi Toppari, and Paivi Torma 17. DNA Contour Length Measurements as a Tool for the Structural Analysis of DNA and Nucleoprotein Complexes Claudio Rivetti 18. DNA Molecular Handles for Single Molecule Protein Folding Studies by Optical Tweezers Ciro Cecconi, Elizabeth A. Shank, Susan Marqusee, and Carlos Bustamante 19. Optimal Practices for Surface-tethered Single Molecule Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Analysis Matt V. Fagerburg and Sanford H. Leuba 20. Engineering Mononucleosomes for Single-Pair FRET Experiments Wiepke J.A. Koopmans, Ruth Buning, and John van Noort 21. Measuring DNA-Protein Binding Affinity on a Single Molecule Using Optical Tweezers Micah J. McCauley and Mark C. Williams 22. Modeling Nanopores for Sequencing DNA Jeffrey R. Comer, David B. Wells, and Aleksei Aksimentiev