Coloides de oro funcionalizados con ADN de horquilla para la obtención de imágenes de ARNm en células vivas

Ashwath Jayagopal1, Kristin C Halfpenny, Jonas W Perez

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA.

Resumen

Los investigadores desarrollaron nanopartículas de oro funcionalizadas con ADN de horquilla de pelo (hAuNP) para imágenes de células vivas de ARN mensajero (ARNm). Este nuevo enfoque de nanopartículas ofrece detección sensible y específica de ARNm para estudiar el tráfico de ARN y los procesos celulares.

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