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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Fluorogenic RNA Aptamers: A Nano-platform for Fabrication of Simple and Combinatorial Logic Gates.

Victoria Goldsworthy, Geneva LaForce, Seth Abels, Emil F Khisamutdinov

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Logic Gates Based on DNA Aptamers.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  18. Construction of RNA nanotubes.Nano research · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Victoria GoldsworthyDepartment of Chemistry, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47304, USA. vgoldsworthy@alex.k12.in.us.
Geneva LaForceDepartment of Chemistry, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47304, USA. grlaforce@bsu.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5046-5194
Seth AbelsDepartment of Chemistry, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47304, USA. sethabels1982@gmail.com.
Emil F KhisamutdinovDepartment of Chemistry, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47304, USA. kemil@bsu.edu.
Ball State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA aptamers that bind non-fluorescent dyes and activate their fluorescence are highly sensitive, nonperturbing, and convenient probes in the field of synthetic biology. These RNA molecules, referred to as light-up aptamers, operate as molecular nanoswitches that alter folding and fluorescence function in response to ligand binding, which is important in biosensing and molecular computing. Herein, we demonstrate a conceptually new generation of smart RNA nano-devices based on malachite green (MG)-binding RNA aptamer, which fluorescence output controlled by addition of short DNA oligonucleotides inputs. Four types of RNA switches possessing AND, OR, NAND, and NOR Boolean logic functions were created in modular form, allowing MG dye binding affinity to be changed by altering 3D conformation of the RNA aptamer. It is essential to develop higher-level logic circuits for the production of multi-task nanodevices for data processing, typically requiring combinatorial logic gates. Therefore, we further designed and synthetized higher-level half adder logic circuit by "in parallel" integration of two logic gates XOR and AND within a single RNA nanoparticle. The design utilizes fluorescence emissions from two different RNA aptamers: MG-binding RNA aptamer (AND gate) and Broccoli RNA aptamer that binds DFHBI dye (XOR gate). All computationally designed RNA devices were synthesized and experimentally tested in vitro. The ability to design smart nanodevices based on RNA binding aptamers offers a new route to engineer "label-free" ligand-sensing regulatory circuits, nucleic acid detection systems, and gene control elements.

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logic gatesnucleic acid computingRNA aptamersRNA nanotechnology

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PMCPMC6315349
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