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ArticleInternational journal of molecular imaging2012

Engineering molecular beacons for intracellular imaging.

Cuichen Sam Wu, Lu Peng, Mingxu You, Da Han, Tao Chen, Kathryn R Williams, Chaoyong James Yang, Weihong Tan

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Article in International journal of molecular imaging, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Cuichen Sam WuCenter for Research at Bio/Nano Interface and Department of Chemistry and Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, Shands Cancer Center, UF Genetics Institute and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7200, USA.
Lu Peng
Mingxu You
Da Han
Tao Chen
Kathryn R Williams
Chaoyong James Yang
Weihong Tan
Interface (United States) · USUniversity of Florida · USXiamen University · CN

Funding

Development of molecular probes for biomedical applicationsR01GM079359 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI TAN, WEIHONG · 2007 to 2016
$2.3M
Real-Time and Quantitative Determination of GenesR01GM066137 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI TAN, WEIHONG · 2002 to 2010
$2.2M
Molecular Target for Liver Cancer Diagnosis and TherapyR01CA133086 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI LIU, CHEN · 2009 to 2013
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA133086NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM066137NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM079359
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular beacons (MBs) represent a class of nucleic acid probes with unique DNA hairpin structures that specifically target complementary DNA or RNA. The inherent "OFF" to "ON" signal transduction mechanism of MBs makes them promising molecular probes for real-time imaging of DNA/RNA in living cells. However, conventional MBs have been challenged with such issues as false-positive signals and poor biostability in complex cellular matrices. This paper describes the novel engineering steps used to improve the fluorescence signal and reduce to background fluorescence, as well as the incorporation of unnatural nucleotide bases to increase the resistance of MBs to nuclease degradation for application in such fields as chemical analysis, biotechnology, and clinical medicine. The applications of these de novo MBs for single-cell imaging will be also discussed.

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PMID23209893
PMCPMC3502855
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