Label-free, isothermal and ultrasensitive electrochemical detection of DNA and DNA 3′-phosphatase using a cascade enzymatic cleavage strategy†
Abstract
Label-free and ultrasensitive electrochemical assays of target DNA and T4 polynucleotide kinase phosphatase (PNKP) were developed, which took full advantage of three enzymes to realize the signal readout and amplification. It can ultimately achieve the low detection limits of 10 fM and 1 mU mL−1 for target DNA and PNKP, respectively.