{"title":"A Comparison of Methods for the Production of Kilobase-Length Single-Stranded DNA","authors":"Chang-Yong Oh, E. Henderson","doi":"10.3390/dna2010005","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"DNA nanoengineering, in particular, DNA origami has potential applications in a variety of areas including, for example, nanoelectronics, biomedical diagnostics, and therapeutics. To fully realize the potential of DNA self-assembly in these and other areas, methods must be available for economical, scalable, and reliable production of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) scaffolds from virtually any source. In this review, we will describe the virtues and liabilities of four strategies for generating ssDNA, including Rolling Circle Amplification (RCA), strand-specific exonuclease digestion, chemical denaturation, and asymmetric PCR (aPCR), with suggestions for approaches to optimize the use of each method.","PeriodicalId":77708,"journal":{"name":"DNA (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"DNA (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3390/dna2010005","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
DNA nanoengineering, in particular, DNA origami has potential applications in a variety of areas including, for example, nanoelectronics, biomedical diagnostics, and therapeutics. To fully realize the potential of DNA self-assembly in these and other areas, methods must be available for economical, scalable, and reliable production of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) scaffolds from virtually any source. In this review, we will describe the virtues and liabilities of four strategies for generating ssDNA, including Rolling Circle Amplification (RCA), strand-specific exonuclease digestion, chemical denaturation, and asymmetric PCR (aPCR), with suggestions for approaches to optimize the use of each method.