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A Method for Selecting Structure-switching Aptamers Applied to a Colorimetric Gold Nanoparticle Assay
Published on: February 28, 2015
Target-induced charge reduction of aptamers for visual detection of lysozyme based on positively charged gold
Jiao Su1, Wenjiao Zhou, Yun Xiang
1Key Laboratory on Luminescence and Real-Time Analysis, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China.
Abstract:
Positively charged gold nanoparticles ((+)AuNPs) are electrostatically adsorbed on the negatively charged aptamers and the solution displays a blue color due to the aggregation of the (+)AuNPs, while the binding of the target lysozyme with the aptamers reduces the charge of the aptamers, which stabilizes the (+)AuNPs and the (+)AuNPs solution remains red in color.

