A mutation-resistant deoxyribozyme OR gate for highly selective detection of viral nucleic acids

Autor: Sin-Cih Sun, Wan-Yu Chung, Ola Kamar, Dmitry M. Kolpashchikov, Chieh-Hua Lin, Yu-Chieh Liao, Min-Shi Lee, Min-Chieh Chuang
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England). 53(76)
ISSN: 1364-548X
Popis: Highly selective probes hybridize only to fully complementary DNA or RNA sequences and, therefore, often fail to recognize mutated viral genomes. Here we designed a probe that possesses two seemingly incompatible properties: it tolerates some point mutations in genome, while it remains selective towards others. An OR deoxyribozyme logic gate was designed to fluorescently report the sequences of enterovirus 71 (EV71) covering ∼90% of all known EV71 strains. Importantly, sequences of closely related coxsackieviruses that differed by single nucleotides were reliably differentiated in 7 out of 8 cases.
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