DNA cross-triggered cascading self-amplification artificial biochemical circuit

DNA cross-triggered cascading self-amplification artificial biochemical circuit† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c4sc03225j Click here for additional data file.

Single primer-triggered isothermal amplification for double-stranded DNA detection.

Here we have devised a new generation of isothermal double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) detection method, termed single primer-triggered isothermal amplification (SAMP). It is very simple only requiring one primer and a few copies of dsDNA in less than an hour are detectable with multiple signal amplification steps.

Engineering self-contained DNA circuit for proximity recognition and localized signal amplification of target biomolecules

Biomolecular interactions have important cellular implications, however, a simple method for the sensing of such proximal events is lacking in the current molecular toolbox. We designed a dynamic DNA circuit capable of recognizing targets in close proximity to initiate a pre-programmed signal transduction process resulting in localized signal amplification. The entire circuit was engineered to ...

Cross Priming Amplification: Mechanism and Optimization for Isothermal DNA Amplification

CPA is a class of isothermal amplification reactions that is carried out by a strand displacement DNA polymerase and does not require an initial denaturation step or the addition of a nicking enzyme. At the assay temperature of 63°C, the formation of a primer-template hybrid at transient, spontaneous denaturation bubbles in the DNA template is favored over re-annealing of the template strands b...

DNA-Mediated Self-Assembly of Artificial Vesicles

BACKGROUND Although multicompartment systems made of single unilamellar vesicles offer the potential to outperform single compartment systems widely used in analytic, synthetic, and medical applications, their use has remained marginal to date. On the one hand, this can be attributed to the binary character of the majority of the current tethering protocols that impedes the implementation of re...