Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Peng, Pai
• Shi, Lili
• Wang, Huihui
• Li, Tao

Titel

A DNA nanoswitch-controlled reversible nanosensor

Ist Teil von

• Nucleic acids research, 2017-01, Vol.45 (2), p.541-546

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We present a conceptually new reversible nanosensor regulated by a DNA nanoswitch. This system is not only responsive to external stimuli (e.g. ATP) but also can be reversibly switched between 'OFF' and 'ON' states via toehold mediated strand displacement reactions. It functions like a molecular net woven by DNA to capture or release the target molecules. As a proof-of-principle experiment, ATP is here chosen as the model to demonstrate our new strategy, which holds great promise for applications such as switchable DNA nanomachines and nanocarriers for drug delivery.