Mismatch-sensitive hybridization detection by peptide nucleic acids immobilized on a quartz crystal microbalance

Autor: João Roberto Fernandes, Xiaohua Cai, Mehmet Ozsoz, Peter E. Nielsen, Joseph Wang, Douglas H. Grant, and Asher Beglieter, Michael Mowat, Mian Jiang
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Analytical chemistry. 69(24)
ISSN: 0003-2700
Popis: A quartz crystal microbalance DNA hybridization biosensor, based on thiol-derivatized peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probes, offers unusual in situ differentiation of single-base mismatches. A large excess of a single-base mismatch oligonucleotide has no effect on the frequency response of the target. Such remarkable distinction between perfect matches and mismatches is illustrated by the detection of a common mutation in the p53 gene. The greater specificity of the new mass-sensitive indicatorless hybridization device over those of analogous PNA-based carbon electrodes is attributed to the formation of a PNA monolayer and the use of a hydrophilic ethylene glycol linker. The improved specificity is coupled to very fast (3−5 min) hybridization in a low-ionic-strength medium.
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