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  • Title: Conformational switching immobilized hairpin DNA probes following subsequent expanding of gold nanoparticles enables visual detecting sequence-specific DNA.
    Author: Niu Y, Zhao Y, Fan A.
    Journal: Anal Chem; 2011 Oct 01; 83(19):7500-6. PubMed ID: 21879720.
    Abstract:
    A simple, rapid, and sensitive method for visual detection of sequence-specific DNA was developed using hairpin DNA as the recognition element and hydroxylamine-enlarged gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs) as the signal producing component. In the assay, we employed a hairpin DNA probe dually labeled with amine and biotin at the 5'- and 3'-end, respectively. The probe was coupled with reactive N-oxysuccinnimide in a DNA-bind 96-well plate. Without the target DNA, the immobilized hairpin probe was in a "closed" state, which kept the streptavidin-gold off the biotin. The hybridization between the loop sequence and the target broke the short stem duplex upon approaching the target DNA. Consequently, biotin was forced away from the 96-well plate surface and available for conjugation with the streptavidin-gold. The hybridization could be detected visually after the HAuCl(4)-NH(2)OH redox reaction catalyzed by the Au-NPs. Under the optimized conditions, the visual DNA sensor could detect as low as 100 amol of DNA targets with excellent differentiation ability and even a single-base mismatch.
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