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Published on: February 7, 2019
Photochemically amplified detection of molecular recognition events: an ultra-sensitive fluorescence turn-off binding
Tiffany P Gustafson1, Greg A Metzel, Andrei G Kutateladze
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208, USA.
Abstract:
Amplified fluorescence quenching methodology based on massive autocatalytic photo-unmasking of a dual function sensitizer-quencher is developed and adopted for photoassisted ultra-sensitive detection of molecular recognition events. The resulting binding assay, based on a molecular recognition-triggered photo-amplified cascade with concomitant decrease of fluorescence is validated with the biotin-avidin pair, achieving attomolar detection.

