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DNAzyme Nanomachine with Fluorogenic Substrate Delivery Function: Advancing Sensitivity in Nucleic Acid Detection

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posted on 2023-12-11, 17:08 authored by Zain Hussein, Moustapha A. Y. Nour, Anastasia V. Kozlova, Dmitry M. Kolpashchikov, Andrey B. Komissarov, Ahmed A. El-Deeb
We have developed a hook-equipped DNA nanomachine (HDNM) for the rapid detection of specific nucleic acid sequences without a preamplification step. HDNM efficiently unwinds RNA structures and improves the detection sensitivity. Compared to the hookless system, HDNM offers an 80-fold and 13-fold enhancement in DNA and RNA detection, respectively, reducing incubation time from 3 to 1 h.

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