Nucleic acid detection using MNAzymes

Yulia V Gerasimova; Dmitry M Kolpashchikov

doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.02.003

Nucleic acid detection using MNAzymes

Chem Biol. 2010 Feb 26;17(2):104-6. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.02.003.

Authors

Yulia V Gerasimova¹, Dmitry M Kolpashchikov

Affiliation

¹ University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.

Abstract

Deoxyribozymes are promising biotechnological tools. In a recent JACS article, Mokany et al. reported on the design of multi-component deoxyribozyme (MNAzyme) sensors based on 10-23 and 8-17 DNA enzymes. The sensors can detect down to 5 pM of a specific nucleic acid. The versatility of MNAzyme platform allows the design of catalytic cascades for signal amplification. This work is a step forward to PCR-free molecular diagnostics.

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