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Compact Quantum Dots for Single-molecule Imaging
Published on: October 9, 2012
Ligase amplification reaction-catalyzed assembly of a single quantum dot-based nanosensor for sensitive detection of
Fei Ma1, Meng Liu1, Chun-Yang Zhang1
1College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China. cyzhang@sdnu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
We develop a simple method for sensitive detection of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) based on the ligase amplification reaction-catalyzed assembly of a single quantum dot (QD)-based nanosensor. This nanosensor requires only a single ligase enzyme to achieve ultrahigh sensitivity with a detection limit of 5.63 × 10-7 U mL-1, and can be applied for kinetic analysis, inhibitor screening, and ALP measurement in cell extracts.
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