| Literature DB >> 20058862 |
Fan Xia1, Xiaolei Zuo, Renqiang Yang, Yi Xiao, Di Kang, Alexis Vallée-Bélisle, Xiong Gong, Alan J Heeger, Kevin W Plaxco.
Abstract
Water-soluble, cationic conjugated polymer binds single-stranded DNA with higher affinity than it binds double-stranded or otherwise "folded" DNA. This stronger binding results from the greater hydrophobicity of single-stranded DNA. Upon reducing the strength of the hydrophobic interactions, the electrostatic attraction becomes the important interaction that regulates the binding between the water-soluble conjugated polymer and DNA. The different affinities between the cationic conjugated polymer and various forms of DNA (molecular beacons and its open state; single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA and single-stranded DNA and complex DNA folds) can be used to design a variety of biosensors.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20058862 PMCID: PMC2846820 DOI: 10.1021/ja908890q
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419