![]() Book of Abstracts: Albany 2005![]() No. 6 June 2005 Biosensing by Hybridization Chain ReactionSingle-stranded DNA is a versatile construction material that can be programmed to self-assemble into nanoscale devices driven by the free energy of base pair formation. Triggered self-assembly can be achieved using the mechanism of hybridization chain reaction (HCR), in which metastable DNA monomers assemble only upon exposure to a target DNA fragment. This functionality allows DNA to act as an amplifying transducer for biosensing applications.
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Niles A. Pierce Applied & Computational Mathematics and Bioengineering |