Acknowledgement

We thank the Dietz group for biomolecular nanotechnology at the Technische Universität München for mentoring our project, for kind advice and expertise and for the pleasant working climate.

Furthermore, we want to thank all our Sponsors.

Finally, we thank our office and lab neighbors, the TUM iGEM Team 2011 for the good neighborhood and the joyful time.

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