Issue 19, 2017

Nucleic acid detection using BRET-beacons based on bioluminescent protein–DNA hybrids

Abstract

Bioluminescent molecular beacons have been developed using a modular design approach that relies on BRET between the bright luciferase NanoLuc and a Cy3 acceptor. While classical molecular beacons are hampered by background fluorescence and scattering, these BRET-beacons allow detection of low pM concentrations of nucleic acids directly in complex media.

Graphical abstract: Nucleic acid detection using BRET-beacons based on bioluminescent protein–DNA hybrids

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Dec 2016
Accepted
15 Feb 2017
First published
15 Feb 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 2862-2865

Nucleic acid detection using BRET-beacons based on bioluminescent protein–DNA hybrids

W. Engelen, K. M. van de Wiel, L. H. H. Meijer, B. Saha and M. Merkx, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 2862 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC10032E

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