'DNA Bricks' Act as Tiny Legos (2 of 8) (IMAGE)

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'DNA Bricks' Act as Tiny Legos (2 of 8)

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A large number of DNA bricks can produce three-dimensional shapes, such as a cuboid that is depicted by a DNA brick model and a DNA strand model. Each brick carries a unique sequence that directs it to fit only to its predesigned position. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Nov. 30, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Yonggang Ke at Harvard University in Boston, Mass. and colleagues was titled, "Three-Dimensional Structures Self-Assembled from DNA Bricks."

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Image courtesy of Yonggang Ke

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