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Self-replication of information-bearing nanoscale patterns

Overview of attention for article published in Nature, October 2011
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Title
Self-replication of information-bearing nanoscale patterns
Published in
Nature, October 2011
DOI 10.1038/nature10500
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Authors

Tong Wang, Ruojie Sha, Rémi Dreyfus, Mirjam E. Leunissen, Corinna Maass, David J. Pine, Paul M. Chaikin, Nadrian C. Seeman

Abstract

DNA molecules provide what is probably the most iconic example of self-replication--the ability of a system to replicate, or make copies of, itself. In living cells the process is mediated by enzymes and occurs autonomously, with the number of replicas increasing exponentially over time without the need for external manipulation. Self-replication has also been implemented with synthetic systems, including RNA enzymes designed to undergo self-sustained exponential amplification. An exciting next step would be to use self-replication in materials fabrication, which requires robust and general systems capable of copying and amplifying functional materials or structures. Here we report a first development in this direction, using DNA tile motifs that can recognize and bind complementary tiles in a pre-programmed fashion. We first design tile motifs so they form a seven-tile seed sequence; then use the seeds to instruct the formation of a first generation of complementary seven-tile daughter sequences; and finally use the daughters to instruct the formation of seven-tile granddaughter sequences that are identical to the initial seed sequences. Considering that DNA is a functional material that can organize itself and other molecules into useful structures, our findings raise the tantalizing prospect that we may one day be able to realize self-replicating materials with various patterns or useful functions.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 14 5%
Japan 4 1%
United Kingdom 4 1%
Spain 3 1%
France 3 1%
Italy 2 <1%
Ireland 1 <1%
Peru 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
Other 5 2%
Unknown 250 87%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 78 27%
Student > Ph. D. Student 73 25%
Student > Master 26 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 21 7%
Professor 20 7%
Other 46 16%
Unknown 24 8%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Physics and Astronomy 67 23%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 57 20%
Chemistry 51 18%
Engineering 22 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 18 6%
Other 45 16%
Unknown 28 10%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 41. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 December 2019.
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