Journal
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 18, Issue 19, Pages 13395-13402Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5cp08017g
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- MIUR [2010LKE4CC]
- EU [604241]
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Rapid and quantitative detection of the binding of nucleic acids to surface-immobilized probes remains a challenge in many biomedical applications. We investigated the hybridization of a set of fully complementary and defected 12-base long DNA oligomers by using the Reflective Phantom Interface (RPI), a recently developed multiplexed label-free detection technique. Based on the simple measurement of reflected light intensity, this technology enables to quantify the hybridization directly as it occurs on the surface with a sensitivity of 10 pg mm(-2). We found a strong effect of single-base mismatches and of their location on hybridization kinetics and equilibrium binding. In line with previous studies, we found that DNA-DNA binding is weaker on a surface than in the bulk. Our data indicate that this effect is a consequence of weak nonspecific binding of the probes to the surface.
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