Nucleic acid amphiphiles: Synthesis, properties, and applications

• Main Authors: Amu Gubu (Author), Xueli Zhang (Author), Aiping Lu (Author), Baoting Zhang (Author), Yuan Ma (Author), Ge Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Nucleic acid amphiphiles, referring to nucleic acids modified with large hydrophobic groups, have been widely used in programmable bioengineering. Since nucleic acids are intrinsically hydrophilic, the hydrophobic groups endow nucleic acid amphiphiles with unique properties, such as self-assembling,...