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ArticleNature methods2015

DNA nanoswitches: a quantitative platform for gel-based biomolecular interaction analysis.

Mounir A Koussa, Ken Halvorsen, Andrew Ward, Wesley P Wong

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Article in Nature methods, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Aptamer-based DNA nanoswitches for multiplexed protein detection.Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) · 2026
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  4. Ligation-assisted target recycling for DNA nanoswitch biosensors.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  5. Aptamer-based DNA nanoswitches for multiplexed protein detection.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  13. Resolving Molecular Heterogeneity with Single-Molecule Centrifugation.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2023
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  15. Single species RNA purification using DNA nanoswitches.Trends in biochemical sciences · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mounir A Koussa *Program in Neuroscience, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Ken Halvorsen *The RNA Institute, University at Albany, Albany, NY, United States.
Andrew WardProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Wesley P WongProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.

Funding

Mechanical forces in nanoscale biology: From hemostasis to single-molecule centrifugationR35GM119537 · NIGMS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Wesley Philip Wong · 2016 to 2026
$5.2M
MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITED DEAFNESSR01DC002281 · NIDCD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI COREY, DAVID P · 1994 to 2018
$4.4M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC002281NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM119537
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We introduce a nanoscale experimental platform that enables kinetic and equilibrium measurements of a wide range of molecular interactions using a gel electrophoresis readout. Programmable, self-assembled DNA nanoswitches serve both as templates for positioning molecules and as sensitive, quantitative reporters of molecular association and dissociation. We demonstrated this low-cost, versatile, 'lab-on-a-molecule' system by characterizing ten different interactions, including a complex four-body interaction with five discernible states.

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Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelMicrofluidicsNanotechnologyBiotinDNA, CircularDNA, Single-StrandedKineticsLigandsModels, BiologicalProtein BindingProteinsStreptavidinBiotinDNA, CircularDNA, Single-StrandedLigandsProteinsStreptavidin

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PMID25486062
PMCPMC4336243

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