A supramolecular DNA self-assembly based on β-cyclodextrin-adamantane complexation as a bioorthogonal sticky end motif

Article abstract of DOI:10.1039/c3cc43109f

We propose linear end-to-end assemblies of short DNA duplexes based on β-cyclodextrin-adamantane complexation. The assembled duplexes exhibited increased T_m values compared with those of the corresponding natural hybrids. Competition experiments with external guest molecules showed a substantial decrease in T_m of the terminal modified duplexes, suggesting the viability of inter-duplex complexation.