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Nanocircles arre small circular single-stranded DNA that can be transcribed by phage and bacterial RNA polymerases. These plasmid-like structures were originally developed by Eric T. Kool's lab. The new technology uses a method called rolling circle transcription (RCT) to encode hammerhead, hairpin and hepatitis delta ribozymes. | Nanocircles arre small circular single-stranded DNA that can be transcribed by phage and bacterial RNA polymerases. These plasmid-like structures were originally developed by Eric T. Kool's lab. The new technology uses a method called rolling circle transcription (RCT) to encode hammerhead, hairpin and hepatitis delta ribozymes. | ||
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Figure 1. Structrure of single-stranded DNA nanocircle composed of 63 nucleotides encoding a hammerhead ribozyme and 41 nucleotides of randomized sequences | Figure 1. Structrure of single-stranded DNA nanocircle composed of 63 nucleotides encoding a hammerhead ribozyme and 41 nucleotides of randomized sequences | ||
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Revision as of 07:24, 20 November 2007
Nanocircles arre small circular single-stranded DNA that can be transcribed by phage and bacterial RNA polymerases. These plasmid-like structures were originally developed by Eric T. Kool's lab. The new technology uses a method called rolling circle transcription (RCT) to encode hammerhead, hairpin and hepatitis delta ribozymes.
Figure 1. Structrure of single-stranded DNA nanocircle composed of 63 nucleotides encoding a hammerhead ribozyme and 41 nucleotides of randomized sequences
http://www.pnas.org/content/vol99/issue1/images/medium/pq0125890001.gif