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Aptamer based dispersion assay using tunable resistive pulse sensing (TRPS)
journal contribution
posted on 2015-10-05, 13:37 authored by Emily R. Billinge, Mark PlattMark PlattAggregates of micron sized beads were formed by the binding of anti-thrombin aptamer to its complement. The addition of the thrombin protein target caused a concentration-dependant dispersion of these aggregates, and their number was measured by tunable resistive pulse sensing. The technique allowed the detection of thrombin down to sub picomolar concentrations, and an increase in sensitivity over previous assays on the same platform. The sensitivity of the assay is attributed to each thrombin protein disrupting multiple aggregates resulting in a signal amplification.
Funding
The work was supported by Loughborough University Chemistry Department (start-up fund) and the European Commission for Research (Nano4Bio FP7-PEOPLE- 2012-CIG-321836).
History
School
- Science
Department
- Chemistry
Published in
Analytical Methods: advancing methods and applicationsCitation
BILLINGE, E.R. and PLATT, M., 2015. Aptamer based dispersion assay using tunable resistive pulse sensing (TRPS). Analytical Methods, 7(20), pp. 8534-8538.Publisher
Royal Society of ChemistryVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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2015Notes
This is an Open Access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.ISSN
1759-9679Publisher version
Language
- en