| Literature DB >> 24496380 |
Alfonso Latorre1, Christian Posch, Yolanda Garcimartín, Susana Ortiz-Urda, Álvaro Somoza.
Abstract
Gold nanoparticles functionalized with oligonucleotides that bear a cholesterol group are used as gene sensors. The hydrophobic molecule is buried inside the nanostructure but when the complementary RNA sequence is present the structure unfolds exposing the cholesterol group to the water molecules. This rearrangement leads to the aggregation of the nanostructures.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24496380 PMCID: PMC4339280 DOI: 10.1039/c3cc47862a
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Commun (Camb) ISSN: 1359-7345 Impact factor: 6.222