Nucleic acid tests for clinical translation

M Li, F Yin, L Song, X Mao, F Li, C Fan, X Zuo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nucleic acids, including deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), are
natural biopolymers composed of nucleotides that store, transmit, and express genetic …

Functional nucleic acid biosensors utilizing rolling circle amplification

RM Bialy, A Mainguy, Y Li, JD Brennan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Functional nucleic acids (FNAs), including DNA aptamers and DNAzymes, are finding
increasing use as molecular recognition elements for point-of-care (POC) assays and …

Freezing directed construction of bio/nano interfaces: reagentless conjugation, denser spherical nucleic acids, and better nanoflares

B Liu, J Liu - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017 - ACS Publications
While nanoparticle solutions cannot freeze in general, they may remain stable in the
presence of polymer stabilizers. We herein communicate that gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) …

Single-step, salt-aging-free, and thiol-free freezing construction of AuNP-based bioprobes for advancing CRISPR-based diagnostics

M Hu, C Yuan, T Tian, X Wang, J Sun… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The recently reported freezing-based labeling method for constructing DNA-AuNP probes is
rapid but still requires thiol modification. Here, we evaluated a poly (A)-tagged DNA …

Flash synthesis of spherical nucleic acids with record DNA density

Y Hao, Y Li, L Song, Z Deng - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticles (NPs) decorated with a high density of DNA strands, also known as spherical
nucleic acids (SNAs), are widely used in DNA-programmable assembly, sensing, imaging …

An exonuclease III‐powered, on‐particle stochastic DNA walker

X Qu, D Zhu, G Yao, S Su, J Chao, H Liu… - Angewandte …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
DNA‐based machines have attracted rapidly growing interest owing to their potential in drug
delivery, biocomputing, and diagnostic applications. Herein, we report a type of exonuclease …

Programming nanoparticle valence bonds with single-stranded DNA encoders

G Yao, J Li, Q Li, X Chen, X Liu, F Wang, Z Qu, Z Ge… - Nature materials, 2020 - nature.com
Nature has evolved strategies to encode information within a single biopolymer to program
biomolecular interactions with characteristic stoichiometry, orthogonality and …

Nanoparticle cellular internalization is not required for RNA delivery to mature plant leaves

H Zhang, NS Goh, JW Wang, RL Pinals… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Rapidly growing interest in the nanoparticle-mediated delivery of DNA and RNA to plants
requires a better understanding of how nanoparticles and their cargoes translocate in plant …

Interface-driven hybrid materials based on DNA-functionalized gold nanoparticles

B Liu, J Liu - Matter, 2019 - cell.com
DNA-functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are popular hybrid materials with
applications in directed assembly, biosensor development, and drug delivery. This system is …

CRISPR/Cas12a-Derived electrochemical aptasensor for ultrasensitive detection of COVID-19 nucleocapsid protein

C Han, W Li, Q Li, W Xing, H Luo, H Ji, X Fang… - Biosensors and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fast, affordable, portable, and sensitive technology to detect COVID-19 is critical to address
the current outbreak. Here, we present a CRISPR/Cas12a-derived electrochemical …