Frequency-dependent electrical detection of protein binding events

Autor: Tami L. Lasseter, Wei Cai, Robert J. Hamers
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: The Analyst. 129:3
ISSN: 1364-5528
0003-2654
DOI: 10.1039/b307591e
Popis: Frequency-dependent electrochemical impedance spectroscopy has been used to characterize the changes in electrical response that accompany specific binding of a protein to its substrate, using the biotin-avidin system as a model. Our results show that avidin, at concentrations in the nanomolar range, can be detected electrically in a completely label-free manner under conditions of zero average current flow and without the use of any auxiliary redox agents. Impedance measurements performed on biotin-modified surfaces of gold, glassy carbon, and silicon were obtained over a wide frequency range, from 5 mHz to 1 MHz. On each biotin-modified surface, binding of avidin is most easily detected at low frequencies
Databáze: OpenAIRE