posted on 2023-12-11, 17:08authored byZain 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.