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ReviewAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2009

Molecular engineering of DNA: molecular beacons.

Kemin Wang, Zhiwen Tang, Chaoyong James Yang, Youngmi Kim, Xiaohong Fang, Wei Li, Yanrong Wu, Colin D Medley, Zehui Cao, Jun Li and 3 more

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Review in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 117 papers.

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117citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

117 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Kemin WangDepartment of Chemistry, Center for Research at the Bio/Nano Interface, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7200, USA.
Zhiwen Tang
Chaoyong James Yang
Youngmi Kim
Xiaohong Fang
Wei Li
Yanrong Wu
Colin D Medley
Zehui Cao
Jun Li
Patrick Colon
Hui Lin
Weihong Tan

Funding

PathologyU54NS058185 · NINDS · LOVELACE BIOMEDICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI BOGGS, SUSAN ESTHER · 2006 to 2010
$18.4M
Real-Time and Quantitative Determination of GenesR01GM066137 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI TAN, WEIHONG · 2002 to 2010
$2.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM 66137NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM066137NINDS NIH HHS U54 NS058185NINDS NIH HHS U54NS058185
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular beacons (MBs) are specifically designed DNA hairpin structures that are widely used as fluorescent probes. Applications of MBs range from genetic screening, biosensor development, biochip construction, and the detection of single-nucleotide polymorphisms to mRNA monitoring in living cells. The inherent signal-transduction mechanism of MBs enables the analysis of target oligonucleotides without the separation of unbound probes. The MB stem-loop structure holds the fluorescence-donor and fluorescence-acceptor moieties in close proximity to one another, which results in resonant energy transfer. A spontaneous conformation change occurs upon hybridization to separate the two moieties and restore the fluorescence of the donor. Recent research has focused on the improvement of probe composition, intracellular gene quantitation, protein-DNA interaction studies, and protein recognition.

Indexed as

Genetic EngineeringAnimalsDNADNA ProbesFluorescent DyesHumansProteinsDNADNA ProbesFluorescent DyesProteins

Identifiers

PMID19065690
PMCPMC2772660

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