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SUBMITTER: Tanaka S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5639371 | biostudies-other | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Tanaka Shizuma S Wakabayashi Kenta K Fukushima Kazuki K Yukami Shinsuke S Maezawa Ryuki R Takeda Yuhei Y Tatsumi Kohei K Ohya Yuichi Y Kuzuya Akinori A
Chemistry, an Asian journal 20170829 18
A new class of hydrogels utilizing DNA (DNA quadruplex gel) has been constructed by directly and symmetrically coupling deoxynucleotide phosphoramidite monomers to the ends of polyethylene glycols (PEGs) in liquid phase, and using the resulting DNA-PEG-DNA triblock copolymers as macromonomers. Elongation of merely four deoxyguanosine residues on PEG, which produces typically ≈10 grams of desired DNA-PEG conjugates in one synthesis, resulted in intelligent and biodegradable hydrogels utilizing DN ...[more]