Schematic of the Liquid Crystal Coacervate System (IMAGE)

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Schematic of the Liquid Crystal Coacervate System

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Short double-stranded DNA (Oligo dsDNA) co-assemble in an end-to-end stacked fashion with a cationic peptide (poly-L-lysine) to form rigid bundles, resulting in formation of liquid crystal coacervate droplets.

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Tommaso P Fraccia

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