Outside Front Cover: Membrane‐Penetrating Molecular Device Based on a Triplex Containing Acyclic L‐Threoninol Nucleic Acid Functionalized with Cholesterol (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 9/2026)
A membrane-penetrating molecular device composed of triplex containing cholesterol-modified acyclic L-threoninol nucleic acid (L-aTNA) is achieved. This device is applied to a reversible photo-triggered signal transduction system functioning on giant unilamellar vesicles. UV irradiation-induced release of DNA-based molecular signals into the GUV interior, which recovers after irradiation with visible light, as reported by Hiroyuki Asanuma, Keiji Murayama, and Kaifu Liu in their Research Article (e16095).
Authors
- Kaifu Ye Xin Liu
- Hiroyuki Asanuma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9903-7847)
- Keiji Murayama
Institutions
- Nagoya University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2026-02-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.2026-m0402113700
- Primary Topic
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00