Nucleic Acids Symposium Series 2001 1(1):1-2; doi:10.1093/nass/1.1.1
© 2001 by Oxford University Press
Poly(oligonucleotide)conjugates: Applications in assembling nanoparticles and in detecting DNA sequences
Robert L. Letsinger,
Chad A. Mirkin,
So-Jung Park,
Garimella Viswanadham and
Ligang Zhang
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
The chemistry of oligonucleotide-nanoparticle conjugates is described. Examples are provided to illustrate (i) the utility of oligonucleotide linkers in constructing ordered nanoparticle assemblies and (ii) applications of nanoparticles as reporters for nucleic acid hybridization.

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