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MicroRNA Amplification and Recognition through Locked-nucleic-acid In situ Hybridization as a Novel Detection and Quantification Method
Published on: October 7, 2025
A universal activator of microRNAs identified from photoreaction products
Xuejiao Chen1, Chengmei Huang, Wenjie Zhang
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China. njuzy@nju.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A small molecule activator of microRNAs has been identified from photoreaction products of naphthalene-1,4-dione with acetylenes and the universal activation on miRNAs was realized through significant promotion on the processing of precursor microRNAs by the compound.
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