TY - JOUR T1 - Scrutiny on Significant Factors of Hemin Catalyzed Ag Nanoparticle as Biosensor for RNA AU - Shokuhi Rad, A. JO - Research Journal of Biological Sciences VL - 4 IS - 12 SP - 1284 EP - 1287 PY - 2009 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1815-8846 DO - rjbsci.2009.1284.1287 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2009.1284.1287 KW - Sensitive detection KW -nanoparticle KW -RNA KW -biosensor KW -ammoniacal Ag ion KW -Iran AB - A responsive electrical detection technique of nucleic acids has been demonstrated on submicrogapped biosensor. This method contain immobilizing of Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) probes in the gap areas of a pair of interdigited microelectrodes and subsequently hybridizing with their complementary target RNA. After hybridization, hemin molecules were introduced into the RNA strand via zirconium-phosphate and zirconium-carbonate chemistries. The newly attached hemin molecules act as a catalyst to accelerate reducing ammoniacal Ag ion to form Ag nanoparticles, which span the gap of the interdigitated microelectrode. The conductance of the Ag nanoparticles directly correlated with the number of the hybridized RNA molecules. Nearly 1 fM sensitivity was achieved under optimal conditions. ER -