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Hisama K, Orimoto Y, Pomogaeva A, Nakatani K, Aoki Y. Ab initio multi-level layered elongation method and its application to local interaction analysis between DNA bulge and ligand molecules. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:044110. [PMID: 34340364 DOI: 10.1063/5.0050096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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A multi-level layered elongation method was developed for efficiently analyzing the electronic states of local structures in large bio/nano-systems at the full ab initio level of theory. The original elongation method developed during the last three decades in our group has focused on the system in one direction from one terminal to the other terminal to sequentially construct the electronic states of a polymer, called a theoretical synthesis of polymers. In this study, an important region termed the central (C) part is targeted in a large polymer and the remainder are terminal (T) parts. The electronic structures along with polymer elongation are calculated repeatedly from both end T parts to the C central part at the same time. The important C part is treated with large basis sets (high level) and the other regions are treated with small basis sets (low level) in the ab initio theoretical framework. The electronic structures besides the C part can be reused for other systems with different structures at the C part, which renders the method computationally efficient. This multi-level layered elongation method was applied to the investigation on DNA single bulge recognition of small molecules (ligands). The reliability and validity of our approach were examined in comparison with the results obtained by direct calculations using a conventional quantum chemical method for the entire system. Furthermore, stabilization energies by the formation of the complex of bulge DNA and a ligand were estimated with basis set superposition error corrections incorporated into the elongation method.
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- Keisuke Hisama
- Department of Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences, Chemistry and Materials Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-Park, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Material Sciences, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-Park, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Material Sciences, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-Park, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Regulatory Bioorganic Chemistry, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Material Sciences, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-Park, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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Zhang Y, Ai J, Gu Q, Gao Q, Qi H, Zhang C. Determination of mutated genes in the presence of wild-type DNA by using molecular beacons as probe. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2017; 174:286-290. [PMID: 27960142 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2016.11.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2016] [Revised: 11/24/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Low-abundance mutations in the presence of wild-type DNA can be determined using molecular beacon (MB) as probe. A MB is generally used as DNA probe because it can distinguish single-base mismatched target DNA from fully matched target DNA. However, the probe can not determine low-abundance mutations in the presence of wild-type DNA. In this study, this limitation is addressed by enhancing the stability of unpaired base-containing dsDNA with a hydrogen-bonding ligand, which was added after hybridization of the MB to the target DNA. The ligand formed hydrogen bonds with unpaired bases and stabilized the unpaired base-containing dsDNA if target DNA is mutated one. As a result, more MBs were opened by the mutant genes in the presence of the ligand and a further increase in the fluorescence intensity was obtained. By contrast, fluorescence intensity did not change if target DNA is wild-type one. Consequent increase in the fluorescence intensity of the MB was regarded as a signal derived from mutant genes. The proposed method was applied in synthetic template systems to determine point mutation in DNA obtained from PCR analysis. The method also allows rapid and simple discrimination of a signal if it is originated in the presence of mutant gene or alternatively by a lower concentration of wild gene.
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- Yonghua Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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Song L, Zhang Y, Li J, Gao Q, Qi H, Zhang C. Non-Covalent Fluorescent Labeling of Hairpin DNA Probe Coupled with Hybridization Chain Reaction for Sensitive DNA Detection. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2016; 70:688-694. [PMID: 26879193 DOI: 10.1177/0003702816631305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 08/17/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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An enzyme-free signal amplification-based assay for DNA detection was developed using fluorescent hairpin DNA probes coupled with hybridization chain reaction (HCR). The hairpin DNAs were designed to contain abasic sites in the stem moiety. Non-covalent labeling of the hairpin DNAs was achieved when a fluorescent ligand was bound to the abasic sites through hydrogen bonding with the orphan cytosine present on the complementary strand, accompanied by quench of ligand fluorescence. As a result, the resultant probes, the complex formed between the hairpin DNA and ligand, showed almost no fluorescence. Upon hybridization with target DNA, the probe underwent a dehybridization of the stem moiety containing an abasic site. The release of ligand from the abasic site to the solution resulted in an effective fluorescent enhancement, which can be used as a signal. Compared with a sensing system without HCR, a 20-fold increase in the sensitivity was achieved using the sensing system with HCR. The fluorescent intensity of the sensing system increased with the increase in target DNA concentration from 0.5 nM to 100 nM. A single mismatched target ss-DNA could be effectively discriminated from complementary target DNA. Genotyping of a G/C single-nucleotide polymorphism of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products was successfully demonstrated with the sensing system. Therefore, integrating HCR strategy with non-covalent labeling of fluorescent hairpin DNA probes provides a sensitive and cost-effective DNA assay.
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- Luna Song
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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Increasing interest in detecting metal ions in many chemical and biomedical fields has created demands for developing sensors and imaging agents for metal ions with high sensitivity and selectivity. This review covers recent progress in DNA-based sensors and imaging agents for metal ions. Through both combinatorial selection and rational design, a number of metal-ion-dependent DNAzymes and metal-ion-binding DNA structures that can selectively recognize specific metal ions have been obtained. By attachment of these DNA molecules with signal reporters such as fluorophores, chromophores, electrochemical tags, and Raman tags, a number of DNA-based sensors for both diamagnetic and paramagnetic metal ions have been developed for fluorescent, colorimetric, electrochemical, and surface Raman detection. These sensors are highly sensitive (with a detection limit down to 11 ppt) and selective (with selectivity up to millions-fold) toward specific metal ions. In addition, through further development to simplify the operation, such as the use of "dipstick tests", portable fluorometers, computer-readable disks, and widely available glucose meters, these sensors have been applied for on-site and real-time environmental monitoring and point-of-care medical diagnostics. The use of these sensors for in situ cellular imaging has also been reported. The generality of the combinatorial selection to obtain DNAzymes for almost any metal ion in any oxidation state and the ease of modification of the DNA with different signal reporters make DNA an emerging and promising class of molecules for metal-ion sensing and imaging in many fields of applications.
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- Yu Xiang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. Fax: 217-244-3186; Tel: 217-333-2619
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. Fax: 217-244-3186; Tel: 217-333-2619
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Zhou Z, Huang H, Chen Y, Liu F, Huang CZ, Li N. A distance-dependent metal-enhanced fluorescence sensing platform based on molecular beacon design. Biosens Bioelectron 2014; 52:367-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2013] [Revised: 09/04/2013] [Accepted: 09/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Hu L, Wang Y, Wang W, Gao Q, Qi H, Zhang C. Recognition of a C-C mismatch in a DNA duplex using a fluorescent small molecule with application for "off-on" discrimination of C/G mutation. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2012; 66:170-174. [PMID: 22449280 DOI: 10.1366/11-06410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The fluorescent small molecule 2-amino-7-methyl-1,8-naphthyridine (AMND) can selectively bind to a cytosine (C) at a C-C mismatch in double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). The interactions between AMND and C-C mismatch-containing dsDNA were investigated by measuring ultraviolet (UV) absorption as a function of temperature to obtain melting curves as well as circular dichroism and fluorescence spectra. Results show that AMND strongly stabilizes C-C mismatch-containing dsDNA, whereas fully matched duplexes are not stabilized under the same conditions. The fluorescence of AMND was efficiently quenched when it was bound to a C-C mismatch in dsDNA. Binding constants (K(11)), obtained by fluorescence titration, were 1.2 × 10(5) M(-1). Although sensing functions depend on the sequences flanking the mismatch site, the change in AMND fluorescence intensity can be utilized to detect the C-C mismatch-containing dsDNA. Accordingly, discrimination of the C/G mutation in the model sequence (PGR gene rs1255998) was achieved by visualizing fluorescence of AMND. A probe DNA molecule was designed to contain a C opposite the C/G base in the target DNA, and this probe was used to hybridize the target DNA. The fluorescence of AMND was "on" for a C-G match, while the fluorescence was "off" for a C-C mismatch. This assay is simple and does not require DNA labeling.
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- Liangliang Hu
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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Xu W, Xiang Y, Ihms H, Lu Y. Label-Free Fluorescent Sensors Based on Functional Nucleic Acids. REVIEWS IN FLUORESCENCE 2010 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9828-6_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Shen L, Zhang X, Jin W. Signal amplification based on DNA hybridization–dehybridization reaction on the surface of magnet submicrobeads for ultrasensitive DNA detection. Analyst 2012; 137:4849-54. [DOI: 10.1039/c2an35587f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Xiang Y, Wang Z, Xing H, Wong NY, Lu Y. Label-free fluorescent functional DNA sensors using unmodified DNA: a vacant site approach. Anal Chem 2010; 82:4122-9. [PMID: 20465295 PMCID: PMC2884042 DOI: 10.1021/ac100244h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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A general methodology to design label-free fluorescent functional DNA sensors using unmodified DNA via a vacant site approach is described. By extending one end of DNA with a loop, a vacant site that binds an extrinsic fluorophore, 2-amino-5,6,7-trimethyl-1,8-naphthyridine (ATMND), could be created at a selected position in the DNA duplex region of DNAzymes or aptamers. When the vacant site binds ATMND, ATMND's fluorescence is quenched. This fluorescence can be recovered when one strand of the duplex DNA is released through either metal ion-dependent cleavage by DNAzymes or analyte-dependent structural-switching by aptamers. Through this design, label-free fluorescent sensors for Pb(2+), UO(2)(2+), Hg(2+), and adenosine have been successfully developed. These sensors have high selectivity and sensitivity; detection limits as low as 3 nM, 8 nM, 30 nM, and 6 microM have been achieved for UO(2)(2+), Pb(2+), Hg(2+) and adenosine, respectively. Control experiments using vacant-site-free DNA duplexes and inactive variants of the functional DNAs indicate that the presence of the vacant site and the activity of the functional DNAs are essential for the performance of the proposed sensors. The vacant site approach demonstrated here can be used to design many other label-free fluorescent sensors to detect a wide range of analytes.
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- Yu Xiang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Smith AL, Cekan P, Brewood GP, Okonogi TM, Alemayehu S, Hustedt EJ, Benight AS, Sigurdsson ST, Robinson BH. Conformational equilibria of bulged sites in duplex DNA studied by EPR spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:2664-75. [PMID: 19708106 DOI: 10.1021/jp808260b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Conformational flexibility in nucleic acids provides a basis for complex structures, binding, and signaling. One-base bulges directly neighboring single-base mismatches in nucleic acids can be present in a minimum of two distinct conformations, complicating the examination of the thermodynamics by calorimetry or UV-monitored melting techniques. To provide additional information about such structures, we demonstrate how electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) active spin-labeled base analogues, base-specifically incorporated into the DNA, are monitors of the superposition of different bulge-mismatch conformations. EPR spectra provide information about the dynamic environments of the probe. This information is cast in terms of "dynamic signatures" that have an underlying basis in structural variations. By examining the changes in the equilibrium of the different states across a range of temperatures, the enthalpy and entropy of the interconversion among possible conformations can be determined. The DNA constructs with a single bulge neighboring a single-base mismatch ("bulge-mismatches") may be approximately modeled as an equilibrium between two possible conformations. This structural information provides insight into the local composition of the bulge-mismatch sequences. Experiments on the bulge-mismatches show that basepairing across the helix can be understood in terms of purine and pyrimidine interactions, rather than specific bases. Measurements of the enthalpy and entropy of formation for the bulge-mismatches by differential scanning calorimetry and UV-monitored melting confirm that the formation of bulge-mismatches is in fact more complicated than a simple two-state process, consistent with the base-specific spectral data that bulge-mismatches exist in multiple conformations in the premelting temperature region. We find that the calculations with the nearest-neighbor (NN) model for the two likely conformations do not correlate well with the populations of structures and thermodynamic parameters inferred from the base-specific EPR dynamics probe. We report that the base-specific spin probes are able to identify a bistable, temperature dependent, switching between conformations for a particular complex bulged construct.
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- Alyssa L Smith
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700 Bagley Hall, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, USA
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A label-free strategy for SNP detection with high fidelity and sensitivity based on ligation-rolling circle amplification and intercalating of methylene blue. Biosens Bioelectron 2009; 24:3201-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2009.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2009] [Revised: 03/05/2009] [Accepted: 03/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sankaran NB, Sato Y, Sato F, Rajendar B, Morita K, Seino T, Nishizawa S, Teramae N. Small-Molecule Binding at an Abasic Site of DNA: Strong Binding of Lumiflavin for Improved Recognition of Thymine-Related Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:1522-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp808576t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- N. B. Sankaran
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Chiba J, Inouye M, Doi Y. Photo- and Electrochemical Properties of Novel 7-Substituted Naphthyridine Derivatives. HETEROCYCLES 2009. [DOI: 10.3987/com-08-s(d)53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Filanoski B, Rastogi SK, Cameron A, Cameron E, Mishra NN, Maki W, Maki G. Non-enzymatic aqueous peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence immune detection using a CCD camera and a CMOS device. LUMINESCENCE 2008; 23:296-302. [DOI: 10.1002/bio.1033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Rajendar B, Nishizawa S, Teramae N. Alloxazine as a ligand for selective binding to adenine opposite AP sites in DNA duplexes and analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Org Biomol Chem 2008; 6:670-3. [DOI: 10.1039/b719786a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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