期刊
ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 177-180出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2008.10.053
关键词
DNA; Electrochemical molecular beacon; Molecular recognition; Nucleotides; Probe
资金
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [20775027, 20675031]
- Shanghai Science and Technology Committee [06PJ14032]
We report a new kind of electrochemical molecular beacon, termed electrochemically active-inactive switching molecular beacon, for direct detection of DNA in homogenous solution. The electrochemical molecular beacon consists of a stable stem-loop oligonucleotide carrying two carminic acid moieties (acting as electrochemical reporter) attached at its termini. in a close form, the electrochemical signal is quenched because two carminic acid moieties are close enough to associate into dimer. In the presence of the complementary DNA target, the electrochemical molecular beacon undergoes a conformational transformation from closed (hairpin) to open (linear) structure, which is associated with an increase in electrochemical signal. We found that the electrochemical molecular beacon is as effective as conventional molecular beacon in signaling the presence of complementary target and discriminating targets that differ by a single nucleotide. The proposed electrochemical molecular beacon has a great potential for investigating the interactions of DNA-protein and developing electrochemical real-time polymerase chain reaction. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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