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Using self-assembled aptamers and fibrinogen-conjugated gold nanoparticles to detect DNA based on controlled thrombin activity.
Biosensors & bioelectronics - 15 Apr 2011
Chen Chuan-Kuo, Shiang Yen-Chun, Huang Chih-Ching, Chang Huan-Tsung
Abstract excerpt
We have developed a colorimetric probe, based on the aggregation of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs), for the detection of DNA and for the analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); this probe functions through the modulation of the activity of thrombin (Thr) in the presence of bivalent thrombin-binding aptamers (TBAs). The bivalent TBAs were formed from TBA(27') (comprising a 27-base sequence providing TBA(27)...
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