Signal amplification technologies for the detection of nucleic acids: from cell-free analysis to live-cell imaging

T Fozooni, H Ravan, H Sasan - Applied biochemistry and biotechnology, 2017 - Springer
Due to their unique properties, such as programmability, ligand-binding capability, and
flexibility, nucleic acids can serve as analytes and/or recognition elements for biosensing. To …

[HTML][HTML] Novel signal-enhancing approaches for optical detection of nucleic acids—going beyond target amplification

L Miotke, MC Barducci, K Astakhova - Chemosensors, 2015 - mdpi.com
Detection of low-abundance nucleic acids is a challenging task, which over the last two
decades has been solved using enzymatic target amplification. Enzymatic synthesis …

Nucleic acid-based fluorescent sensor systems: a review

A Shibata, SL Higashi, M Ikeda - Polymer Journal, 2022 - nature.com
Nucleic acids have been actively applied to various sensing tools and future biodevices
because of their high biocompatibility, as well as their programmable properties and …

Nucleic acid fluorescent probes for biological sensing

X Su, X Xiao, C Zhang, M Zhao - Applied spectroscopy, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Nucleic acid fluorescent probes are playing increasingly important roles in biological
sensing in recent years. In addition to the conventional functions of single-stranded …

A critical review: Recent advances in “digital” biomolecule detection with single copy sensitivity

H Liu, Y Lei - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2021 - Elsevier
Detection of a single biomolecule, ranging from nucleic acids, proteins, viruses to bacteria, is
of paramount importance in various fields including biology, environment, food and …

[HTML][HTML] Application of nucleic acid signal amplification in biosensing and bioimaging

J Zhao, X Li, D Zhang, S Wang - Biomedical Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Nucleic acid amplification techniques are broadly employed in nucleic acid testing due to
their efficient accumulation of nucleic acid sequences. With the development of …

Nucleic acid circuits for cell imaging: From the test tube to the cell

D Zhao, Q Yin, Y Chang, M Liu - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Integrating nucleic acid circuits (NACs) with functional DNA probes has emerged as a
promising platform in the field of biosensing, offering a facile and versatile way of detecting a …

Nucleic acid amplification-integrated single-molecule fluorescence imaging for in vitro and in vivo biosensing

F Ma, CC Li, CY Zhang - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Single-molecule fluorescence imaging is among the most advanced analytical technologies
and has been widely adopted for biosensing due to its distinct advantages of simplicity …

Enzyme-free, signal-amplified nucleic acid circuits for biosensing and bioimaging analysis

J Chen, L Tang, X Chu, J Jiang - Analyst, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Enzyme-free, signal-amplified nucleic acid circuits utilize programmed assembly reactions
between nucleic acid substrates to transduce a chemical input into an amplified detection …

Nucleic acid sensors in vivo: Challenges and opportunities

L Liu, M Xiong, Q Rong, M Zhang, XB Zhang - View, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nucleic acid biosensors, integrated with functional nucleic acids, have drawn extensive
attention for diverse biomedical applications. In particular, many nucleic acid probes have …