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ArticleNature communications2020

Rational design of DNA nanostructures for single molecule biosensing.

Mukhil Raveendran, Andrew J Lee, Rajan Sharma, Christoph Wälti, Paolo Actis

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. pH-Driven Actuation of Unmodified DNA Origami Rectangles.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  5. The Ion Permeability of DNA Nanotube Channels.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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  11. DNA-Guided Robust Single-Protein Electronic Readout.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  13. Supramolecular Interactions Modulate RNA:DNA Folding Observed via Nanopore Sensing.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  15. DNA Origami Vesicle Sensors with Triggered Single-Molecule Cargo Transfer.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2024
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  20. Single molecule delivery into living cells.Nature communications · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mukhil RaveendranSchool of Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Pollard Institute, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Andrew J LeeSchool of Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Pollard Institute, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2268-4645
Rajan SharmaSchool of Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Pollard Institute, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Christoph WältiSchool of Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Pollard Institute, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Paolo ActisSchool of Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Pollard Institute, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. p.actis@leeds.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7146-1854

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/N029976/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability to detect low concentrations of biomarkers in patient samples is one of the cornerstones of modern healthcare. In general, biosensing approaches are based on measuring signals resulting from the interaction of a large ensemble of molecules with the sensor. Here, we report a biosensor platform using DNA origami featuring a central cavity with a target-specific DNA aptamer coupled with a nanopore read-out to enable individual biomarker detection. We show that the modulation of the ion current through the nanopore upon the DNA origami translocation strongly depends on the presence of the biomarker in the cavity. We exploit this to generate a biosensing platform with a limit of detection of 3 nM and capable of the detection of human C-reactive protein (CRP) in clinically relevant fluids. Future development of this approach may enable multiplexed biomarker detection by using ribbons of DNA origami with integrated barcoding.

Indexed as

Aptamers, NucleotideBiomarkersBiosensing TechniquesC-Reactive ProteinDNAEquipment DesignHumansLimit of DetectionNanostructuresNanotechnologySingle Molecule ImagingAptamers, NucleotideBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinDNA

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PMID32873796
PMCPMC7463249

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