Cover Picture: Templated Ligand Environments for the Selective Incorporation of Different Metals into DNA (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52/2009)
First published: 15 December 2009
Graphical Abstract
DNA can template the formation of different ligand environments that are selective for their binding metals. H. F. Sleiman and co-workers describe in their Communication on page 9919 ff. how placement of a metal in the incorrect DNA-templated environment results in the occurrence of “error-checking”: the metal can spontaneously adjust its redox state, displace another labile metal to form a more-stable complex, or reorganize the coordination site to create a more-favored complex.
