Keywords: Yoctoreactor basic principle wiki1.JPG en Figure 1 The center of 3 4 and 5 way DNA junctions a 4-way junction is shown here becomes a yoctoliter-scale reactor where small molecule synthesis is facilitated in what has been termed the YoctoReactor yR Colored circles depict the chemical building blocks BB which are attached to carefully designed DNA oligonucleotides black lines Upon DNA annealing the BB are brought into close proximity at the center of the DNA junction where they undergo chemical reaction own Viptrh 2010-05-21 Biochemistry |