Structure and luminescence of DNA-templated silver clusters

A Gonzalez-Rosell, C Cerretani, P Mastracco… - Nanoscale …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA serves as a versatile template for few-atom silver clusters and their organized self-
assembly. These clusters possess unique structural and photophysical properties that are …

Recent developments in the characterization of nucleic acids by liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, ion mobility, and mass spectrometry (2010–2020)

IC Santos, JS Brodbelt - Journal of separation science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The development of new strategies for the analysis of nucleic acids has gained momentum
due to the increased interest in using these biomolecules as drugs or drug targets. The …

Top-down mass spectrometry of synthetic single guide ribonucleic acids enabled by facile sample clean-up

CM Crittenden, MB Lanzillotti, B Chen - Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
In recent years, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing has become an important technology in
biomedical research and has demonstrated tremendous therapeutic potential. With Cas9 …

Fragmentation patterns of DNA-stabilized silver nanoclusters under mass spectrometry

R Guha, S Malola, M Rafik, M Khatun… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA-stabilized silver nanoclusters (AgN-DNAs) are emitters with tuneable structures and
photophysical properties. While understanding of the sequence–structure–property …

Probing emission of a DNA-stabilized silver nanocluster from the sub-nanosecond to millisecond timescale in a single measurement

MB Liisberg, S Krause, C Cerretani, T Vosch - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
A method for measuring emission over a range of sub-nanosecond to millisecond
timescales is presented and demonstrated for a DNA-stabilized silver nanocluster (DNA …

Interrupted DNA and Slow Silver Cluster Luminescence

D Lewis, C Setzler, PM Goodwin… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A DNA–silver cluster conjugate is a hierarchical chromophore with a partly reduced silver
core embedded within the DNA nucleobases that are covalently linked by the …

Massively parallel selection of nanocluster beacons

YA Kuo, C Jung, YA Chen, HC Kuo, OS Zhao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract NanoCluster Beacons (NCBs) are multicolor silver nanocluster probes whose
fluorescence can be activated or tuned by a proximal DNA strand called the activator. While …

The effect of inosine on the spectroscopic properties and crystal structure of a NIR-emitting DNA-stabilized silver nanocluster

C Cerretani, MB Liisberg, V Rück, J Kondo… - Nanoscale …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The effect of replacing guanosines with inosines in the two stabilizing strands (5′-
CACCTAGCGA-3′) of the NIR emissive DNA-Ag16NC was investigated. The spectroscopic …

A non-FRET DNA reporter that changes fluorescence colour upon nuclease digestion

S Hong, JN Walker, AT Luong, J Mathews… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) reporters are commonly used in the final
stages of nucleic acid amplification tests to indicate the presence of nucleic acid targets …

Structural evaluation of protein/metal complexes via native electrospray ultraviolet photodissociation mass spectrometry

CM Crittenden, ET Novelli, MR Mehaffey… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) has emerged as a promising tool to characterize
proteins with regard to not only their primary sequences and post-translational modifications …