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Nanoconstructions Based on Spatially Ordered Nucleic Acid Molecules

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Nanomaterials for Application in Medicine and Biology

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Different strategies for the design of nanoconstructions whose building blocks are both linear molecules of double-stranded nucleic acids and nucleic acid molecules fixed in the spatial structure of particles of liquid-crystalline dispersions are described.

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Yevdokimov, Y.M. (2008). Nanoconstructions Based on Spatially Ordered Nucleic Acid Molecules. In: Giersig, M., Khomutov, G.B. (eds) Nanomaterials for Application in Medicine and Biology. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6829-4_6

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