Natalia Borovok

Natalia Borovok

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Natalia Borovok

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

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Academic Career Length

34Years (1993-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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26 October 2014 in Nature Nanotechnology
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GLGideon I. Livshits
Gideon I. Livshits
ASAvigail Stern
Avigail Stern
DRDvir Rotem
Dvir Rotem
NBNatalia Borovok
Natalia Borovok
GEGennady Eidelshtein
Gennady Eidelshtein
DPDanny Porath
Danny Porath

13 March 2007 in Nano Letters
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HCHezy Cohen
Hezy Cohen
TSTomer Sapir
Tomer Sapir
NBNatalia Borovok
Natalia Borovok
TMTatiana Molotsky
Tatiana Molotsky
RFRosa Di Felice
Rosa Di Felice
DPDanny Porath
Danny Porath

23 October 2007 in Biochemistry
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ILIrit Lubitz
Irit Lubitz
NBNatalia Borovok
Natalia Borovok
Alexander KotlyarAlexander Kotlyar
Alexander Kotlyar

24 July 2008 in Nucleic Acids Research
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NBN. Borovok
N. Borovok
NIN. Iram
N. Iram
DZD. Zikich
D. Zikich
JGJ. Ghabboun
J. Ghabboun
GLG. I. Livshits
G. I. Livshits
Alexander KotlyarAlexander Kotlyar
Alexander Kotlyar
We describe a method for the preparation of novel long (hundreds of nanometers), uniform, inter-molecular G4-DNA molecules composed of four parallel G-strands. The only long continuous G4-DNA reported so far are intra-molecular structures made of a single G-strand. To enable a tetra-molecular assembly of the G-strands we developed a novel approach based on avidin-biotin biological recognition. The steps of the G4-DNA production include: (i) Enzymatic synthesis of long poly(dG)-poly(dC) molecules with biotinylated poly(dG)-strand; (ii) Formation of a complex between avidin-tetramer and four biotinylated poly(dG)-poly(dC) molecules; (iii) Separation of the poly(dC) strands from the poly(dG)-strands, which are connected to the avidin; (iv) Assembly of the four G-strands attached to the avidin into tetra-molecular G4-DNA. The average contour length of the formed structures, as measured by AFM, is equal to that of the initial poly(dG)-poly(dC) molecules, suggesting a tetra-molecular mechanism of the G-strands assembly. The height of tetra-molecular G4-nanostructures is larger than that of mono-molecular G4-DNA molecules having similar contour length. The CD spectra of the tetra- and mono-molecular G4-DNA are markedly different, suggesting different structural organization of these two types of molecules. The tetra-molecular G4-DNA nanostructures showed clear electrical polarizability. This suggests that they may be useful for molecular electronics.

4 May 2007 in Nanotechnology
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DKDmitry Klinov
Dmitry Klinov
BDBenjamin Dwir
Benjamin Dwir
EKEli Kapon
Eli Kapon
NBNatalia Borovok
Natalia Borovok
TMTatiana Molotsky
Tatiana Molotsky
Alexander KotlyarAlexander Kotlyar
Alexander Kotlyar

1 March 2008 in Analytical Biochemistry
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NBNatalia Borovok
Natalia Borovok
TMTatiana Molotsky
Tatiana Molotsky
JGJamal Ghabboun
Jamal Ghabboun
DPDanny Porath
Danny Porath
Alexander KotlyarAlexander Kotlyar
Alexander Kotlyar