Micro RNA Sensing with Green Emitting Silver Nanoclusters
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Design of Sensing AgNC DNA Template
2.2. The Formation of Silver Nanoclusters within the C12 Loop of the DNA-miR21-Probe
2.3. Optical Properties of AgNCs/C12-loop-miR21-Probe under UV and Visible Excitation
2.4. Detection of miRNA-21 with “Green” AgNCs
2.5. Possible Mechanisms Involved in miR21 Detection Using Fluorescence of AgNCs Templated by C12-Loop-miR21-Probe
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Materials
3.2. Synthesis of Ag-DNA Nanoclusters
3.3. Fluorescence Measurements
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample Availability: Not available. |
Name | Sequence |
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C12-loop-miR21-probe | 5′-TCAACATCAGTCTGATAAGCTACCCCCCCCCCCCTAGCTTA-3′ |
miR-21 | 5′-rUrArGrCrUrUrArUrCrArGrArCrUrGrArUrGrUrUrGrA-3′ |
miR-21 scrambled | 5′-rArCrUrGrUrCrArUrUrCrArGrUrArGrUrGrArArGrUrU-3′ |
miR-25 | 5′-rCrArUrUrGrCrArCrUrUrGrUrCrUrCrGrGrUrCrUrGrA-3′ |
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Yourston, L.E.; Krasnoslobodtsev, A.V. Micro RNA Sensing with Green Emitting Silver Nanoclusters. Molecules 2020, 25, 3026. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25133026
Yourston LE, Krasnoslobodtsev AV. Micro RNA Sensing with Green Emitting Silver Nanoclusters. Molecules. 2020; 25(13):3026. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25133026
Chicago/Turabian StyleYourston, Liam E., and Alexey V. Krasnoslobodtsev. 2020. "Micro RNA Sensing with Green Emitting Silver Nanoclusters" Molecules 25, no. 13: 3026. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25133026