Review Article

Multifunctional DNA Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications

Table 1

Stability of different DNA nanostructures.

Linear dsDNACpGbearing
DNA tetrahedral nanostructure
A 3D multilayer rectangular
parallelepiped structure


Description of the structureNormal linear DNA strand with DdeI restriction siteIt is made up of four 55-mer strands extended with the CpG sequence and a 7-mer oligothymine spacerA 3D multilayer rectangular
parallelepiped structure (8 helix × 8 helix square lattice with
dimensions of 16 nm × 16 nm × 30 nm)

Incubation temperature/37°C25°C

Medium10% FBS50% non-heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum (FBS)Cell lysate

Decay timeDecay after 0.8 hStart decaying after 4 h, but still not completely decayed after 24 hStill remains stable after 12 h

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