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Harnessing conserved G-quadruplexes for fluorescence detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Vasudhar Bhat S V1, Sumon Pratihar1, Krithi K Bhagavath1
1Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur P.O., Bengaluru, 560064 Karnataka, India. tgraju@jncasr.ac.in.
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We report the fluorescence detection of the conserved G-quadruplex (GQ) motif in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) DNA, ensuring high specificity with minimal interference from human and non-MTB DNA sequences. The duplex-to-GQ reliable conformational polymorphism (GQ-RCP) enables its application in amplification-compatible MTB detection, offering a platform for precise diagnostic assays.

