Base pair mismatch recognition using plasmon resonant particle labels.
Base pair mismatch recognition using plasmon resonant particle labels.
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DOI:
10.1016/s0003-2697(02)00410-4
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发表时间:
2002-10
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
S. Oldenburg;Christine C Genick;K. A. Clark;David A. Schultz
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作者:
S. Oldenburg;Christine C Genick;K. A. Clark;David A. Schultz
We demonstrate the use of silver plasmon resonant particles (PRPs), as reporter labels, in a microarray-based DNA hybridization assay in which we screen for a known polymorphic site in the breast cancer gene BRCA1. PRPs (40–100nm in diameter) image as diffraction-limited points of colored light in a standard microscope equipped with dark-field illumination, and can be individually identified and discriminated against background scatter. Rather than overall intensity, the number of PRPs counted in a CCD image by a software algorithm serves as the signal in these assays. In a typical PRP hybridization assay, we achieve a detection sensitivity that is ∼60× greater than that achieved by using fluorescent labels. We conclude that single particle counting is robust, generally applicable to a wide variety of assay platforms, and can be integrated into low-cost and quantitative detection systems for single nucleotide polymorphism analysis.