Lighting up biochemiluminescence by the surface self-assembly of DNA - Hemin complexes

Yi Xiao, Valeri Pavlov, Ron Gill, Tatyana Bourenko, Itamar Willner*

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Abstract

Illuminating DNA: The assembly of two tailored nucleic acids (colored blue and brown in the scheme) in the presence of hemin yields a G-quadruplex that exhibits peroxidase-like activity and catalyzes the generation of chemiluminescence in the presence of H2O2 and luminol. The DNAzyme is employed for the analysis of DNA (green) in solution and on surfaces.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)374-379
Number of pages6
JournalChemBioChem
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Mar 2004

Keywords

  • Biocatalysis
  • DNA
  • Hemin
  • Luminescence
  • Monolayers
  • Self-assembly

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