TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kedracki, Dawid
A1  - Filippov, Sergey K.
A1  - Gour, Nidhi
A1  - Schlaad, Helmut
A1  - Nardin, Corinne
T1  - Formation of DNA-Copolymer Fibrils Through an Amyloid-Like Nucleation Polymerization Mechanism
JF  - Macromolecular rapid communications
N2  - Conjugation of a hydrophobic poly(2-oxazoline) bearing tertiary amide groups along its backbone with a short single stranded nucleotide sequence results in an amphiphilic comb/graft copolymer, which organizes in fibrils upon direct dissolution in water. Supported by circular dichroism, atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and scattering data, fibrils are formed through inter- and intramolecular hydrogen bonding between hydrogen accepting amide groups along the polymer backbone and hydrogen donating nucleic acid grafts leading to the formation of hollow tubes.
KW  - DNA copolymers
KW  - fibers
KW  - hydrogen bonding
KW  - nucleation polymerization
KW  - self-assembly
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.201400728
SN  - 1022-1336
SN  - 1521-3927
VL  - 36
IS  - 8
SP  - 768
EP  - 773
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  -