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ArticleNature communications2018

A CRISPR-Cas9-triggered strand displacement amplification method for ultrasensitive DNA detection.

Wenhua Zhou, Li Hu, Liming Ying, Zhen Zhao, Paul K Chu, Xue-Feng Yu

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

104 citing papers in PubMed, 350 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Wenhua ZhouCenter for Biomedical Materials and Interfaces, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7128-4184
Li HuCenter for Biomedical Materials and Interfaces, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
Liming YingFaculty of Medicine, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9752-6292
Zhen ZhaoCenter for Biomedical Materials and Interfaces, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
Paul K ChuDepartment of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5581-4883
Xue-Feng YuCenter for Biomedical Materials and Interfaces, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China. xf.yu@siat.ac.cn.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNCity University of Hong Kong · HKImperial College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the most widely used method for DNA amplification, the requirement of thermocycling limits its non-laboratory applications. Isothermal DNA amplification techniques are hence valuable for on-site diagnostic applications in place of traditional PCR. Here we describe a true isothermal approach for amplifying and detecting double-stranded DNA based on a CRISPR-Cas9-triggered nicking endonuclease-mediated Strand Displacement Amplification method (namely CRISDA). CRISDA takes advantage of the high sensitivity/specificity and unique conformational rearrangements of CRISPR effectors in recognizing the target DNA. In combination with a peptide nucleic acid (PNA) invasion-mediated endpoint measurement, the method exhibits attomolar sensitivity and single-nucleotide specificity in detection of various DNA targets under a complex sample background. Additionally, by integrating the technique with a Cas9-mediated target enrichment approach, CRISDA exhibits sub-attomolar sensitivity. In summary, CRISDA is a powerful isothermal tool for ultrasensitive and specific detection of nucleic acids in point-of-care diagnostics and field analyses.

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Base SequenceCRISPR-Associated Protein 9CRISPR-Cas SystemsDNAFluorescenceHEK293 CellsHumansNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesNucleotidesCRISPR-Associated Protein 9DNANucleotides

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PMID30479331
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