The 7-deaza analogues of guanine and adenine were incorporated into polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products by substitution of the appropriate nucleotide triphosphates into the reaction. These PCR products can be immobilized on ITO electrodes and detected by catalytic cyclic voltammetry with ruthenium polypyridyl complexes. Immobilization on indium tin oxide (17170) electrodes of 330- and 1200-base pair (bp) PCR amplicons from the E. coli dacA gene containing one or both of the 7-deazapurines was effected by precipitation from a 9:1 DMF/acetate solution. Amplicons containing the 7-deazaguanine base were detected by observing current enhancement in the cyclic voltammogram of Ru(dmb)(3)(3+/2+) (dmb = 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine) due to the selective oxidation of the modified base by this mediator. Oxidation of incorporated 7-deazaadenine bases in addition to native guanines gives rise to a higher current enhancement in the cyclic voltammogram of Ru(bpy)(3)(3+/2+) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) compared to the enhancement observed in the presence of guanine only. This strategy was employed to simultaneously detect the 330-bp sequence containing 7-deazaadenine and the 1200-bp sequence containing 7-deazaguanine on the same 17170 electrode. Such a strategy may provide a means for detecting multiple genes on a single microlocation and may thereby lead to more highly multiplexed gene assays.
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