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A Label-Free Fluorescent DNA Calculator Based on Gold Nanoparticles for Sensitive Detection of ATP
Jingjing Zhang1, Shizhi Zhang2, Chaoqun Niu3
1State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, College of Information Science & Technology, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China. zhangjingjingaoxue@163.com.
Abstract:
Herein we described a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) calculator for sensitive detection of the determination of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) using gold nanoparticles (GNP) and PicoGreen fluorescence dye as signal transducer, and ATP and single-stranded DNA (DNA-M') as activators. The calculator-related performances including linearity, reaction time, logic gate, and selectivity were investigated, respectively. The results revealed that this oligonucleotide sensor was highly sensitive and selective. The detection range was 50⁻500 nmol/L (R² = 0.99391) and the detection limit was 46.5 nmol/L. The AND DNA calculator was successfully used for the ATP detection in human urine. Compared with other methods, this DNA calculator has the characteristics of being label-free, non-enzymic, simple, and highly sensitive.
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