In this paper,a novel method to detect single DNA molecule was proposed.A sandwich-type hybridization assay was performed on a streptavidin-coated substrate.A large number of biotinylated capture DNAs(c-DNAs) were first covalently bound to the substrate through the interaction between streptavidin and biotin.Then,the complementary target DNAs(t-DNAs) were hybridized with the c-DNAs attached to the substrate,followed by hybridization between t-DNAs and biotinylated first probe DNAs(p-DNAs) conjugated to streptavidin coated magnetic microparticles(MMPs).In this case,one t-DNA binding one MMP could be observed with an optical microscope.The number of the MMPs is linearly proportional to concentration of t-DNA in the range of 5×10-16-1×10-14 mol/L.This size amplification method was simple and could be applied in other biomolecules.
关键词
磁球体积放大DNA单分子检测
Keywords
magnetic spherevolume amplificationDNAsingle molecule detection