Glass-bead-based parallel detection of DNA using composite Raman labels
Glass-bead-based parallel detection of DNA using composite Raman labels
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DOI:
10.1002/smll.200500322
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发表时间:
2006-03-01
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13.3
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Mirkin, CA
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作者:
Jin, RC;Cao, YC;Mirkin, CA
Biomolecule detection has become increasingly important in biomedical research and disease diagnosis.[1–8] In particular, microarrays are quite promising because they allow one to carry out many assays simultaneously with rapid readout provided by a variety of labeling strategies (flourophores, chemiluminescent entities, or nanoparticles).[1–4] Such arrays have been widely used in genomics and proteomics research.[5] In a typical DNA microarray format, glass substrates are spotted with appropriate capture cDNA (> 200 nucleotides) or synthesized oligonucleotide strands (25–80 nucleotides).[6] Fluorophore-labeled target DNA strands are captured via hybridization to the arrayed capture strands. Since each DNA spot in the microarray has been positionally encoded, the results can be easily determined, typically, by using a computer-controlled laser scanner system.An alternative to the use of spotted microarrays in detecting biomolecules is the random-array approach to detection.[7–13] This approach uses individual beads for an assay in lieu of a spot in a conventional microarray. In a typical assay, batches of beads for different but specific targets are prepared and then mixed. Reporter groups are used to identify the bead, the corresponding target, and whether or not a reaction with the target nucleic acid sequence has taken place. The advantages of the random array format over the microarray approach are that the beads exhibit faster hybridization kinetics, are easier and less expensive to fabricate, and do not require a sophisticated laser scanner system to obtain the results. The disadvantage is that one loses the positional encoding afforded by a microarray. As such, one needs ways of spectroscopically encoding each of the targetspecific beads involved in a particular assay. Fluorophores are commonly used as reporter groups in the random-array strategy,[8] however, due to their relatively broad emission bands and energy transfer between different dye molecules, the number of fluorescent dye labels that can be simultaneously detected in a multiplexing scheme is limited. In addition, one has to perform multiple laser-scanning events