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ArticleNano today2021

Self-resetting molecular probes for nucleic acids detection enabled by fuel dissipative systems.

Na Li, Yuee Zhao, Yu Liu, Zhe Yin, Rui Liu, Linghao Zhang, Liang Ma, Xiaochuan Dai, Dongsheng Zhou, Xin Su

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Article in Nano today, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Na LiCollege of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
Yuee ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, China.
Yu LiuCollege of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
Zhe YinState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, China.
Rui LiuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Linghao ZhangCollege of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
Liang MaClinical Laboratory, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China.
Xiaochuan DaiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Dongsheng ZhouState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, China.
Xin SuCollege of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
Beijing University of Chemical Technology · CNInstitute of Microbiology · CNTsinghua University · CNChina-Japan Friendship Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A once-in-a-century global public health crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic has damaged human health and world economy greatly. To help combat the virus, we report a self-resetting molecular probe capable of repeatedly detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA, developed by orchestrating a fuel dissipative system via DNA nanotechnology. A set of simulation toolkits was utilized to design the probe, permitting highly consistent signal amplitudes across cyclic detections. Uniquely, full width at half maximum regulated by dissipative kinetics exhibits a fingerprint signal suitable for high confidential identifications of single-nucleotide variants. Further examination on multiple human-infectious RNA viruses, including ZIKV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV, demonstrates the generic detection capability and superior orthogonality of the probe. It also correctly classified all the clinical samples from 55 COVID-19 patients and 55 controls. Greatly enhancing the screening capability for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, this probe could help with disease control and build a broader global public health agenda.

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COVID-19DNA nanotechnologyExonuclease IIIFuel dissipationKinetic simulationMD simulationSARS-CoV-2Toehold mediated strand displacement

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PMID34630625
PMCPMC8486598
OpenAlexW3203450872

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