DNA-Controlled Assembly of Soft Nanoparticles
- 22 July 2008
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 130 (32), 10462-10463
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja8030054
Abstract
Immobilization of DNA (encoding) on solid nanoparticles requires surface chemistry, which is well established for gold surfaces but often tedious and not generally applicable for many other inorganic surface materials. While substantial effort has been devoted to expanding surface chemistry techniques for solid nanoparticles, considerably less attention has been given to the development of noncovalent attachment of DNA to soft nanoparticles, like liposomes. Here we report a DNA-controlled assembly of liposomes in solution and on solid supported membranes, this process displays remarkably sharp thermal transitions from an assembled to a disassembled state, allowing application of DNA-controlled liposome assembly for the detection of polynucleotides (e.g., DNA) with single mismatch discrimination power. The method is based on a single DNA strand (contains two lipid membrane anchors), which is able to noncovalently attach to a liposome surface. This design enables detection of biological polynucleotide targets as the complementary strand can be unmodified DNA and RNA strands.Keywords
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