A sensitive fluorescence anisotropy method for detection of lead (II) ion by a G-quadruplex-inducible DNA aptamer

D Zhang, L Yin, Z Meng, A Yu, L Guo, H Wang - Analytica chimica acta, 2014 - Elsevier
Sensitive and selective detection of Pb 2+ is of great importance to both human health and
environmental protection. Here we propose a novel fluorescence anisotropy (FA) approach …

Developing bivalent ligands to target CUG triplet repeats, the causative agent of myotonic dystrophy type 1

AH Jahromi, Y Fu, KA Miller, L Nguyen… - Journal of medicinal …, 2013 - ACS Publications
An expanded CUG repeat transcript (CUGexp) is the causative agent of myotonic dystrophy
type 1 (DM1) by sequestering muscleblind-like 1 protein (MBNL1), a regulator of alternative …

Nanoparticles-free fluorescence anisotropy amplification assay for detection of RNA nucleotide-cleaving DNAzyme activity

D Zhang, R Fu, Q Zhao, H Rong, H Wang - Analytical chemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Fluorescence anisotropy is a homogeneous, sensitive, ratiometric, and real-time analytical
technology. However, it is a great challenge to produce a large fluorescence anisotropy …

Single-molecule study of the CUG repeat–MBNL1 interaction and its inhibition by small molecules

A Haghighat Jahromi, M Honda… - Nucleic acids …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Effective drug discovery and optimization can be accelerated by techniques capable of
deconvoluting the complexities often present in targeted biological systems. We report a …

Fluorescence anisotropy reduction of allosteric aptamer for sensitive and specific protein signaling

D Zhang, Q Zhao, B Zhao, H Wang - Analytical chemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
Real time protein signaling in a complex medium may provide a promising way for high-
throughput protein analysis, but it is largely unmet due to the challenge of signal …

Scanning single-molecule fluorescence correlation spectroscopy enables kinetics study of DNA hairpin folding with a time window from microseconds to seconds

H Bi, Y Yin, B Pan, G Li, XS Zhao - The Journal of Physical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Single-molecule fluorescence measurements have been widely used to explore kinetics and
dynamics of biological systems. Among them, single-molecule imaging (SMI) is good at …

Spectroscopic analysis of a library of DNA tension probes for mapping cellular forces at fluid interfaces

R Glazier, P Shinde, H Ogasawara… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Oligonucleotide-based probes offer the highest spatial resolution, force sensitivity, and
molecular specificity for cellular tension sensing and have been developed to measure a …

Ultrafast photoinduced electron transfer between tetramethylrhodamine and guanosine in aqueous solution

X Li, R Zhu, A Yu, XS Zhao - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2011 - ACS Publications
Photoinduced electron transfer based fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (PET-FCS) is a
powerful tool to study biomolecular processes. However, some questions remain as to how …

Detection of ochratoxin A using a “turn-on” fluorescence assay based on guanine quenching of the aptamer

L Guo, Y Li, S Gao, L Ren - Analytical Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a common mycotoxin with high carcinogenicity; therefore, it is crucial
to establish a simple, rapid, and sensitive method for its detection. In this study, we …

Design and synthesis of dual functional NBD-fluorophore-incorporated naphthalene diimide derivatives as G-quadruplex ligands

X Zhang, Y Li, Y Chen, Z Liu, Z Li, Z Wang… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nitrobenzoxadiazole (NBD)-incorporated naphthalene diimide derivatives were designed
and synthesized as candidates of antitumor agents with cytotoxicity against human …