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Nucleobase-Containing Polymers: Structure, Synthesis, and Applications
Nucleobase interactions play a fundamental role in biological functions, including transcription and translation. Natural nucleic acids like DNA are also widely implemented in material realm such as DNA guided self-assembly of nanomaterials. Inspired by that, polymer chemists have contributed phenom...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6418729/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30965964 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym9120666 |
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author | Yang, Haitao Xi, Weixian |
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description | Nucleobase interactions play a fundamental role in biological functions, including transcription and translation. Natural nucleic acids like DNA are also widely implemented in material realm such as DNA guided self-assembly of nanomaterials. Inspired by that, polymer chemists have contributed phenomenal endeavors to mimic both the structures and functions of natural nucleic acids in synthetic polymers. Similar sequence-dependent responses were observed and employed in the self-assembly of these nucleobase-containing polymers. Here, the structures, synthetic approaches, and applications of nucleobase-containing polymers are highlighted and a brief look is taken at the future development of these polymers. |
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spelling | pubmed-64187292019-04-02 Nucleobase-Containing Polymers: Structure, Synthesis, and Applications Yang, Haitao Xi, Weixian Polymers (Basel) Review Nucleobase interactions play a fundamental role in biological functions, including transcription and translation. Natural nucleic acids like DNA are also widely implemented in material realm such as DNA guided self-assembly of nanomaterials. Inspired by that, polymer chemists have contributed phenomenal endeavors to mimic both the structures and functions of natural nucleic acids in synthetic polymers. Similar sequence-dependent responses were observed and employed in the self-assembly of these nucleobase-containing polymers. Here, the structures, synthetic approaches, and applications of nucleobase-containing polymers are highlighted and a brief look is taken at the future development of these polymers. MDPI 2017-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6418729/ /pubmed/30965964 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym9120666 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Yang, Haitao Xi, Weixian Nucleobase-Containing Polymers: Structure, Synthesis, and Applications |
title | Nucleobase-Containing Polymers: Structure, Synthesis, and Applications |
title_full | Nucleobase-Containing Polymers: Structure, Synthesis, and Applications |
title_fullStr | Nucleobase-Containing Polymers: Structure, Synthesis, and Applications |
title_full_unstemmed | Nucleobase-Containing Polymers: Structure, Synthesis, and Applications |
title_short | Nucleobase-Containing Polymers: Structure, Synthesis, and Applications |
title_sort | nucleobase-containing polymers: structure, synthesis, and applications |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6418729/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30965964 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym9120666 |
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