La hibridación de las balizas moleculares de ADN y PNA a los objetivos de ADN de una sola cadena y de doble cadena

Heiko Kuhn1, Vadim V Demidov, James M Coull

  • 1Center for Advanced Biotechnology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 36 Cummington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.

Resumen

Las balizas moleculares de ácido nucleico peptídico (PNA) ofrecen detección sensible e insensible a la sal de objetivos de ADN y ARN. Las balizas PNA sin tallo son prometedoras para la detección de secuencias robustas en ADN de doble cadena sin desnaturalización.

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