Design of a DNA electronic logic gate (INHIBIT gate) with an assaying application for Ag+ and cysteine

Xi Zhu; Huifeng Xu; Xiaoyao Gao; Xianghui Li; Qida Liu; Zhenyu Lin; Bin Qiu; Guonan Chen

doi:10.1039/c1cc12734a

Design of a DNA electronic logic gate (INHIBIT gate) with an assaying application for Ag+ and cysteine

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Aug 28;47(32):9080-2. doi: 10.1039/c1cc12734a. Epub 2011 Jul 12.

Authors

Xi Zhu¹, Huifeng Xu, Xiaoyao Gao, Xianghui Li, Qida Liu, Zhenyu Lin, Bin Qiu, Guonan Chen

Affiliation

¹ Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.

PMID: 21748195
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc12734a

Abstract

A DNA electronic logic gate (INHIBIT gate) with good selectivity and reversibility is developed based on using Ag(+) and Cys as inputs and current signal as output.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biosensing Techniques / methods
Computers, Molecular*
Cysteine / analysis*
DNA, Single-Stranded / chemistry*
Electronics
Logic
Sensitivity and Specificity
Silver / analysis*

Substances

DNA, Single-Stranded
Silver
Cysteine