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Recent advance in nucleic acid amplification-integrated methods for DNA methyltransferase assay. Trends Analyt Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2023.116998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Toehold-mediated biosensors: Types, mechanisms and biosensing strategies. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 220:114922. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Ge S, Ran M, Mao Y, Sun Y, Zhou X, Li L, Cao X. A novel DNA biosensor for the ultrasensitive detection of DNA methyltransferase activity based on a high-density "hot spot" SERS substrate and rolling circle amplification strategy. Analyst 2021; 146:5326-5336. [PMID: 34319337 DOI: 10.1039/d1an01034d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Herein, we proposed a novel biosensor based on a high-density "hot spot" Au@SiO2 array substrate and rolling circle amplification (RCA) strategy for the ultrasensitive detection of CpG methyltransferase (M.SssI) activity. In the presence of M.SssI, the RCA process can be triggered, causing the augmentation of the single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) at the tail of the double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), and the ssDNA can be hybridized with numerous DNA probes labeled with Raman reporters in the next steps. Afterwards, the resultant ssDNA can be modified to the Au@SiO2 array substrate with the SERS enhancement factor of 7.49 × 106. The substrate was synthesized by using a monolayer SiO2 array to pick up the Au nanoparticle (AuNP) array and finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation showed its excellent SERS effect. Particularly, the developed biosensor displayed a significant sensitivity with a broad detection range covering from 0.005 to 50 U mL-1, and the limits of detection (LODs) in PBS buffer and human serum were 2.37 × 10-4 U mL-1 and 2.51 × 10-4 U mL-1, respectively. Finally, in order to verify the feasibility of its clinical application, the serum samples of healthy subjects and breast cancer, prostate cancer, gastric cancer and cervical cancer patients were analyzed, and the reliability of the results was also confirmed by western blot (WB) experiments. Taking advantage of these merits, the proposed biosensor can be a very promising alternative tool for the detection of M.SssI activity, which is of vital importance in the early detection and prevention of tumors.
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- Shengjie Ge
- Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, P. R. China.
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Xu J, Jiang R, He H, Ma C, Tang Z. Recent advances on G-quadruplex for biosensing, bioimaging and cancer therapy. Trends Analyt Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2021.116257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Shang J, Wei J, Wang Q, Wang J, Zhou Y, Yu S, Liu X, Wang F. Adaption of an autonomously cascade DNA circuit for amplified detection and intracellular imaging of polynucleotide kinase with ultralow background. Biosens Bioelectron 2020; 152:111994. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2019.111994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Revised: 12/15/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Hu J, Liu Y, Zhang CY. Construction of a single quantum dot nanosensor with the capability of sensing methylcytosine sites for sensitive quantification of methyltransferase. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:4519-4526. [PMID: 32039424 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr10376g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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CpG island methylation plays an important role in diverse biological processes including the regulation of imprinted genes, X chromosome inactivation, and tumor suppressor gene silencing in human cancer. Due to the dependence of DNA methylation on DNA methyltransferase (MTase) activity, DNA MTases have become the potential targets in anticancer therapy. Herein we demonstrate for the first time the construction of a single quantum dot (QD) nanosensor with the capability of sensing methylcytosine sites for sensitive quantification of M.SssI CpG methyltransferase (M.SssI MTase). We design a biotin-/phosphate-modified double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) substrate with a 5'-G-C-G-mC-3'/3'-mC-G-mC-G-5' site for sensing M.SssI MTase. In the presence of M.SssI MTase, the methylation-responsive sequence of the dsDNA substrate is methylated and cleaved by GlaI endonuclease, producing two dsDNA fragments with a free 3'-OH terminus. In the presence of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT), multiple Cy5-dATPs can be sequentially added to the free 3'-OH terminus of dsDNA fragments to obtain biotin-/multiple Cy5-labeled dsDNAs. The resultant biotin-/multiple Cy5-labeled dsDNAs can assemble on the surface of the streptavidin-coated QD to obtain a QD-dsDNA-Cy5 nanostructure in which the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) from the QD to Cy5 can occur. The emission of Cy5 can be simply quantified by single-molecule detection. By the integration of sensing methylcytosine sites and enzymatic polymerization, the sensitivity of this nanosensor has been significantly enhanced. This nanosensor can detect as low as 2.1 × 10-7 U μL-1 M.SssI MTase with good selectivity against other cytosine MTases, and it can be further applied for the screening of MTase inhibitors and complex biological sample analysis, holding great potential in clinical diagnosis and drug discovery.
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- Juan Hu
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China.
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Zhou C, Geng H, Wang P, Guo C. Ten-Input Cube Root Logic Computation with Rational Designed DNA Nanoswitches Coupled with DNA Strand Displacement Process. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:2601-2606. [PMID: 31867943 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b15180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The predictability of Watson-Crick base-pairing provides a unique structural programmability to DNAs, promoting a facile design of bimolecular reactions that perform computation. However, most of the current architectures could only implement limited logical circuits and are incapable of handling more complex mathematical operations, thus limiting computing devices from advancing to the next-stage functional complexity. Here, by designing a multifunctional DNA-based reaction platform coupled with multiple fluorescent substrates as output reporters, we construct, for the first time, a logic circuit that can compute the cube root of a 10-bit binary number (within the decimal number 1000). This relatively large-scale logic system with 10 inputs and four outputs showcases the power of DNAs in the field of biological computing and will potentially open up a new horizon for designing novel functional devices and complex computing circuits and bringing breakthroughs in biocomputing.
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- Chunyang Zhou
- The Photonics Laboratory, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun , Jilin 130033 , China
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200127 , China
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- The Photonics Laboratory, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun , Jilin 130033 , China
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200127 , China
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- The Photonics Laboratory, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun , Jilin 130033 , China
- The Institute of Optics , University of Rochester , Rochester , New York 14627 , United States
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Pan J, Zeng L, Chen J. An enzyme-free DNA circuit for the amplified detection of Cd 2+ based on hairpin probe-mediated toehold binding and branch migration. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:11932-11935. [PMID: 31531427 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06311k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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An enzyme-free DNA circuit was designed for the amplified detection of Cd2+ based on hairpin probe-mediated toehold binding and branch migration. A Cd2+-specific aptamer was used to recognize Cd2+ and a G-quadruplex was used to report the detection signal. The assay is sensitive, with a detection limit of 5 pM.
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- Jiafeng Pan
- School of Food Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental Science & Technology, Guangzhou 510650, China.
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental Science & Technology, Guangzhou 510650, China.
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Yao Y, Liu Y, Zhang H, Wang X. A highly sensitive and low-background fluorescence assay for pesticides residues based on hybridization chain reaction amplification assisted by magnetic separation. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2019; 7:035006. [PMID: 31042679 DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/ab1e7a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Due to the concern over food safety, it is important to detect the pesticides residues in agricultural products. Here, a highly sensitive and low background fluorescent strategy for the detection of pesticides residues has been developed. The fluorescence intensity of N-methyl mesoporphyrin IX (NMM) binding G-quadruplex could be turn off because of inhibiting effect of the pesticides on the acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity. For that, four single-stranded DNAs (named linker, trigger, H1 and H2, respectively) are rational designed and T-Hg-T mismatches duplex DNAs as a recognizer combined with the separation of magnetic beads. The design of hybridization chain reaction (HCR) amplification strategy assisted by magnetic separation has been adopted to improve the detection sensitivity. In the presence of pesticides, the amount of the thiol group generated by hydrolysis reaction of acetylcholine (ACh) is reduced, lead to release of less trigger DNA. Therefor subsequent HCR process is retarded with decreased fluorescence intensity. The reduced fluorescence intensity has a quantitative relationship with the pesticide concentration. The limit of detection of chlorpyrifos was estimated to be 2.0 ng ml-1. It has been applied to detect the pesticides residues in real samples.
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- Yueyue Yao
- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, People's Republic of China
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Wang G, Wang L, Li X, Xu X, Jiang W. T7 exonuclease-assisted and target-triggered cascade dual recycling signal amplification strategy for the sensitive and specific detection of adenosine. Talanta 2019; 197:234-238. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2019.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Revised: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 01/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Xia Y, Wu L, Hu Y, He Y, Cao Z, Zhu X, Yi X, Wang J. Sensitive surface plasmon resonance detection of methyltransferase activity and screening of its inhibitors amplified by p53 protein bound to methylation-specific ds-DNA consensus sites. Biosens Bioelectron 2019; 126:269-274. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.10.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Revised: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Park CR, Park SJ, Lee WG, Hwang BH. Biosensors Using Hybridization Chain Reaction - Design and Signal Amplification Strategies of Hybridization Chain Reaction. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s12257-018-0182-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Wang H, Li C, Liu X, Zhou X, Wang F. Construction of an enzyme-free concatenated DNA circuit for signal amplification and intracellular imaging. Chem Sci 2018; 9:5842-5849. [PMID: 30079197 PMCID: PMC6050587 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc01981a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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A rationally and modularly engineered two-layered CHA–HCR circuit was constructed for amplified biosensing and bioimaging with high performance.
Nucleic acid circuits have shown promising potential for amplified detection of biomarkers with interest in biologically important engineering applications. In this work, by properly integrating two signal amplification approaches, catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) and hybridization chain reaction (HCR), a concatenated CHA–HCR system was established as an isothermal enzyme-free amplification strategy for highly sensitive and selective nucleic acid assay. The target catalyzes the self-assembly of CHA hairpin substrates into dsDNA products, where the split segments of HCR trigger are successively connected to drive the subsequent autonomous cross-opening of HCR hairpins, leading to the construction of HCR tandem copolymeric dsDNA nanowires. The resulting HCR copolymer brings a fluorophore donor/acceptor pair into close proximity that allows an efficient generation of FRET readout signal. Moreover, the optimized CHA–HCR circuit, upon the incorporation of an auxiliary sensing module, can be converted into a universal sensing platform for detecting cancerous biomarkers (e.g., a well-known oncogene miR-21) through a convenient easy-to-integrate procedure. The concatenated CHA–HCR amplifier enables accurate intracellular miRNA imaging in living cells, which is especially suitable for in situ amplified detection of lowly expressed endogenous analytes. The inherent synergistically accelerated recognition and hybridization features of CHA–HCR circuit contribute to the amplified detection of endogenous RNAs in living cells. The flexible and programmable nature of the homogeneous CHA–HCR system provides a versatile and robust toolbox for a wide range of research fields, such as in vivo bioimaging, clinical diagnosis and environmental monitoring.
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- Huimin Wang
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education) , College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences , Wuhan University , Wuhan , P. R. China .
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education) , College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences , Wuhan University , Wuhan , P. R. China .
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education) , College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences , Wuhan University , Wuhan , P. R. China .
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers-Ministry of Education , College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences , Wuhan University , 430072 Wuhan , China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education) , College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences , Wuhan University , Wuhan , P. R. China .
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Xu J, Guo J, Maina SW, Yang Y, Hu Y, Li X, Qiu J, Xin Z. An aptasensor for staphylococcus aureus based on nicking enzyme amplification reaction and rolling circle amplification. Anal Biochem 2018; 549:136-142. [PMID: 29550346 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2018.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Revised: 03/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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An ultra-sensitive aptamer-based biosensor for the detection of staphylococcus aureus was established by adopting the nicking enzyme amplification reaction (NEAR) and the rolling circle amplification (RCA) technologies. Aptamer-probe (AP), containing an aptamer and a probe sequence, was developed to act as the recognition unit of the biosensor, which was specifically bound to S. aureus. The probe was released from AP and initiated into the subsequent DNA amplification reactions where S. aureus was present, converting the detection of S. aureus to the investigation of probe oligonucleotide. The RCA amplification products contained a G-quadruplex motif and formed a three dimensional structure in presence of hemin. The G4/hemin complex showed horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-mimic activity and catalyzed the chemiluminescence reaction of luminol mediated by H2O2. The results showed that the established biosensor could detect S. aureus specifically with a good linear correlation at 5-104 CFU/mL. The signal values based on NEAR-RCA two-step cycle were boosted acutely, much higher than that relied on one-cycle magnification. The limit of detection (LoD) was determined to be as low as 5 CFU/mL. The established aptasensor exhibited a good discrimination of living against dead S. aureus, and can be applied to detect S. aureus in the food industry.
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- Jingguo Xu
- Key Laboratory of Food Processing and Quality Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Processing and Quality Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Processing and Quality Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Processing and Quality Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Processing and Quality Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Processing and Quality Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Processing and Quality Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Processing and Quality Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, PR China.
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Tang Y, Lu B, Zhu Z, Li B. Establishment of a universal and rational gene detection strategy through three-way junction-based remote transduction. Chem Sci 2017; 9:760-769. [PMID: 29629146 PMCID: PMC5872807 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc03190d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The polymerase chain reaction and many isothermal amplifications are able to achieve super gene amplification. Unfortunately, most commonly-used transduction methods, such as dye staining and Taqman-like probing, still suffer from shortcomings including false signals or difficult probe design, or are incompatible with multi-analysis. Here a universal and rational gene detection strategy has been established by translating isothermal amplicons to enzyme-free strand displacement circuits via three-way junction-based remote transduction. An assistant transduction probe was imported to form a partial hybrid with the target single-stranded nucleic acid. After systematic optimization the hybrid could serve as an associative trigger to activate a downstream circuit detector via a strand displacement reaction across the three-way junction. By doing so, the detection selectivity can be double-guaranteed through both amplicon-transducer recognition and the amplicon-circuit reaction. A well-optimized circuit can be immediately applied to a new target detection through simply displacing only 10-12 nt on only one component, according to the target. More importantly, this property for the first time enables multi-analysis and logic-analysis in a single reaction, sharing a single fluorescence reporter. In an applicable model, trace amounts of Cronobacter and Enterobacteria genes have been clearly distinguished from samples with no bacteria or one bacterium, with ultra-high sensitivity and selectivity.
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- Yidan Tang
- State Key Lab of Electroanalytical Chemistry , Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Science , Changchun , 130022 , Jilin , China . .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100049 , China
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- State Key Lab of Electroanalytical Chemistry , Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Science , Changchun , 130022 , Jilin , China .
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- State Key Lab of Electroanalytical Chemistry , Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Science , Changchun , 130022 , Jilin , China . .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100049 , China
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- State Key Lab of Electroanalytical Chemistry , Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Science , Changchun , 130022 , Jilin , China .
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Chen J, Pan J, Chen S. A label-free and enzyme-free platform with a visible output for constructing versatile logic gates using caged G-quadruplex as the signal transducer. Chem Sci 2017; 9:300-306. [PMID: 29629099 PMCID: PMC5868315 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc04007e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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A complete set of binary basic logic gates (OR, AND, NOR, NAND, INHIBT, IMPLICATION, XOR and XNOR) is realized on a label-free and enzyme-free sensing platform using caged G-quadruplex as the signal transducer. In the presence of an appropriate input, the temporarily blocked G-rich sequence in the hairpin DNA is released through cleavage by the synergetically-stabilized Mg2+-dependent DNAzyme which can be made to function via the input-guided cooperative conjunction of the DNAzyme subunits. In the presence of hemin, the unblocked G-quadruplex DNAzyme catalyzes the oxidation of 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) by H2O2 to generate a colored readout signal which can be readily distinguished by the naked eye. This strategy is quite versatile and straightforward for logic operations. Two combinatorial gates (XOR + AND and XOR + NOR) are also successfully fabricated to demonstrate the modularity and scalability of the computing elements. The distinctive advantage of this logic system is that molecular events in aqueous solution could be translated into a color change which can be directly observed by the naked eye without resorting to any analytical instrumentation. Moreover, this work reveals a new route for the design of molecular logic gates that can be executed without any labeling and immobilization procedure or separation and washing step, which holds great promise for intelligent point-of-care diagnostics and in-field applications.
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- Junhua Chen
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management , Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental Science & Technology , Guangzhou 510650 , China .
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management , Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental Science & Technology , Guangzhou 510650 , China .
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management , Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental Science & Technology , Guangzhou 510650 , China .
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Wang Q, Pan M, Wei J, Liu X, Wang F. Evaluation of DNA Methyltransferase Activity and Inhibition via Isothermal Enzyme-Free Concatenated Hybridization Chain Reaction. ACS Sens 2017; 2:932-939. [PMID: 28750535 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.7b00168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Methyltransferase (MTase)-catalyzed DNA methylation plays a vital role in the biological epigenetic processes of key diseases and has attracted increasing attention, making the amplified detection of MTase activity of great significance in clinical disease diagnosis and treatment. Herein, we developed an isothermal, enzyme-free, and autonomous strategy for analyzing MTase activity based on concatenated hybridization chain reaction (C-HCR)-mediated Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET). In a typical C-HCR procedure without MTase (Dam), Y-shaped initiator DNA activates upstream HCR-1 to assemble a double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) copolymeric nanowire consisting of multiple tandem DNA trigger units that motivate downstream HCR-2 to successively bring a fluorophore donor/acceptor (FAM/TAMRA) pair into close proximity, leading to the generation of an amplified FRET readout signal. The target Dam MTase and auxiliary DpnI endonuclease can sequentially and specifically recognize/methylate and cleave the Y-shaped initiator oligonucleotide, respectively, and thus prohibit the C-HCR process and FRET signal generation, resulting in the construction of a signal-on sensing platform for MTase assay. Our proposed isothermal enzyme-free C-HCR amplification approach was further utilized for screening MTase inhibitors. Furthermore, the proposed C-HCR approach can be easily adapted for probing other different MTases and for screening the corresponding inhibitors just by changing the recognition sequence of Y-shaped initiator DNA through a "plug-and-play" format. It provides a versatile and robust tool for highly sensitive detection of various biotransformations and thus holds great promise in clinical assessment and diagnosis.
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- Qing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Analytical
Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College
of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical
Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College
of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical
Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College
of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical
Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College
of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical
Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College
of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
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Bi S, Yue S, Zhang S. Hybridization chain reaction: a versatile molecular tool for biosensing, bioimaging, and biomedicine. Chem Soc Rev 2017; 46:4281-4298. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00055c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 393] [Impact Index Per Article: 56.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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This review provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles, analysis techniques, and application fields of hybridization chain reaction and its development status.
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- Sai Bi
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Marine Biomass Fiber
- Materials and Textiles of Shandong Province
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shandong Sino-Japanese Center for Collaborative Research of Carbon Nanomaterials
- Laboratory of Fiber Materials and Modern Textiles
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Marine Biomass Fiber
- Materials and Textiles of Shandong Province
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shandong Sino-Japanese Center for Collaborative Research of Carbon Nanomaterials
- Laboratory of Fiber Materials and Modern Textiles
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Makers
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Linyi University
- Linyi 276005
- P. R. China
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Chen J, Tang L, Chu X, Jiang J. Enzyme-free, signal-amplified nucleic acid circuits for biosensing and bioimaging analysis. Analyst 2017; 142:3048-3061. [DOI: 10.1039/c7an00967d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Enzyme-free, signal-amplified nucleic acid circuits utilize programmed assembly reactions between nucleic acid substrates to transduce a chemical input into an amplified detection signal.
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- Jiyun Chen
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine
- State Key Laboratory of Chemeo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Hunan University
- Changsha
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine
- State Key Laboratory of Chemeo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Hunan University
- Changsha
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine
- State Key Laboratory of Chemeo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Hunan University
- Changsha
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine
- State Key Laboratory of Chemeo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Hunan University
- Changsha
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Wang J, Pan M, Wei J, Liu X, Wang F. A C-HCR assembly of branched DNA nanostructures for amplified uracil-DNA glycosylase assays. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:12878-12881. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc07057h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The amplified and selective detection of uracil-DNA glycosylase was enabled by a two-layered cascaded hybridization chain reaction machinery.
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- Jing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education)
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education)
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education)
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education)
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education)
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan
- P. R. China
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Huang J, Li XY, Du YC, Zhang LN, Liu KK, Zhu LN, Kong DM. Sensitive fluorescent detection of DNA methyltransferase using nicking endonuclease-mediated multiple primers-like rolling circle amplification. Biosens Bioelectron 2016; 91:417-423. [PMID: 28063390 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2016.12.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sensitive and reliable detection of DNA methyltransferase (MTase) is of great significance for both early tumor diagnosis and therapy. In this study, a simple, label-free and sensitive DNA MTase-sensing method was developed on the basis of a nicking endonuclease-mediated multiple primers-like rolling circle amplification (RCA) strategy. In this method, a dumbbell RCA template was prepared by blunt-end ligation of two molecules of hairpin DNA. In addition to the primer-binding sequence, the dumbbell template contained another three important parts: 5'-CCGG-3' sequences in double-stranded stems, nicking endonuclease recognition sites and C-rich sequences in single-stranded loops. The introduction of 5'-CCGG-3' sequences allows the dumbbell template to be destroyed by the restriction endonuclease, HpaII, but is not destroyed in the presence of the target MTase-M.SssI MTase. The introduction of nicking endonuclease recognition sites makes the M.SssI MTase-protected dumbbell template-mediated RCA proceed in a multiple primers-like exponential mode, thus providing the RCA with high amplification efficiency. The introduction of C-rich sequences may promote the folding of amplification products into a G-quadruplex structure, which is specifically recognized by the commercially available fluorescent probe thioflavin T. Improved RCA amplification efficiency and specific fluorescent recognition of RCA products provide the M.SssI MTase-sensing platform with high sensitivity. When a dumbbell template containing four nicking endonuclease sites is used, highly specific M.SssI MTase activity detection can be achieved in the range of 0.008-50U/mL with a detection limit as low as 0.0011U/mL. Simple experimental operation and mix-and-detection fluorescent sensing mode ensures that M.SssI MTase quantitation works well in a real-time RCA mode, thus further simplifying the sensing performance and making high throughput detection possible. The proposed MTase-sensing strategy was also demonstrated to be applicable for screening and evaluating the inhibitory activity of MTase inhibitors.
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- Juan Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300071, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, PR China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300071, PR China.
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Lei Y, Tang J, Shi H, Ye X, He X, Xu F, Yan L, Qiao Z, Wang K. Nature-Inspired Smart DNA Nanodoctor for Activatable In Vivo Cancer Imaging and In Situ Drug Release Based on Recognition-Triggered Assembly of Split Aptamer. Anal Chem 2016; 88:11699-11706. [PMID: 27807977 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b03283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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DNA-based activatable theranostic nanoprobes are still unmet for in vivo applications. Here, by utilizing the "induced-fit effect", a smart split aptamer-based activatable theranostic probe (SATP) was first designed as "nanodoctor" for cancer-activated in vivo imaging and in situ drug release. The SATP assembled with quenched fluorescence and stable drug loading in its free state. Once binding to target proteins on cell surface, the SATP disassembled due to recognition-triggered reassembly of split aptamers with activated signals and freed drugs. As proof of concept, split Sgc8c against CEM cancer was used for theranostic studies. Benefiting from the design without blocking aptamer sequence, the SATP maintained an excellent recognition ability similar to intact Sgc8c. An "incubate-and-detect" assay showed that the SATP could significantly lower background and improve signal-to-background ratio (∼4.8 times of "always on" probes), thus affording high sensitivity for CEM cell analysis with 46 cells detected. Also, its high selectivity to target cells was demonstrated in analyzing mixed cell samples and serum samples. Then, using doxorubicin as a model, highly specific drug delivery and cell killing was realized with minimized toxicity to nontarget cells. Moreover, in vivo and ex vivo investigations also revealed that the SATP was specifically activated by CEM tumors inside mice. Especially, contrast-enhanced imaging was achieved in as short as 5 min, thus, laying a foundation for rapid diagnosis and timely therapy. As a biocompatible and target-activatable strategy, the SATP may be widely applied in cancer theranostics.
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- Yanli Lei
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province , Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province , Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province , Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province , Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province , Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province , Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province , Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province , Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province , Changsha 410082, China
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