分子信标用于核酸连续复制过程的体外实时监测

利用分子信标核酸探针实时监测了核酸连续复制过程. 分子信标不仅作为模板参与复制反应, 而且同步将复制过程的信息转换为荧光信号, 实现复制过程的体外实时监测. 该方法不仅为DNA复制检测提供了一种实时研究手段, 而且为核酸复制动力学及与复制相关疾病的深入研究提供了一种新的思路.     

Principles of electrostatic interactions and self-assembly in lipid/peptide/DNA systems: Applications to gene delivery

Recently, great progress has been achieved in development of a wide variety of formulations for gene delivery in vitro and in vivo, which include lipids, peptides and DNA (LPD). Additionally, application of natural histone–DNA complexes (chromatin) in combination with transfection lipids has been suggested as a potential route for gene delivery (chromofection). However, the thermodynamic mechanisms responsible for formation of the ternary lipid–peptide–DNA supramolecular structures have rarely been analyzed. Using recent experimental studies on LPD complexes (including mixtures of chromatin with cationic lipids) and general polyelectrolyte theory, we review and analyze the major determinants defining the internal structure, particle composition and size, surface charge and ultimately, transfection properties of the LPD formulations.