Amplified analysis of DNA by the autonomous assembly of polymers consisting of DNAzyme wires |
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Authors: | Wang Fuan Elbaz Johann Orbach Ron Magen Nimrod Willner Itamar |
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Institution: | Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel. |
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Abstract: | A systematic study of the amplified optical detection of DNA by Mg(2+)-dependent DNAzyme subunits is described. The use of two DNAzyme subunits and the respective fluorophore/quencher-modified substrate allows the detection of the target DNA with a sensitivity corresponding to 1 × 10(-9) M. The use of two functional hairpin structures that include the DNAzyme subunits in a caged, inactive configuration leads, in the presence of the target DNA, to the opening of one of the hairpins and to the activation of an autonomous cross-opening process of the two hairpins, which affords polymer DNA wires consisting of the Mg(2+)-dependent DNAzyme subunits. This amplification paradigm leads to the analysis of the target DNA with a sensitivity corresponding to 1 × 10(-14) M. The amplification mixture composed of the two hairpins can be implemented as a versatile sensing platform for analyzing any gene in the presence of the appropriate hairpin probe. This is exemplified with the detection of the BRCA1 oncogene. |
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