POLYMER
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2022
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IF 4.432
Cheng Deng,Hai Yang,Simin Liu,Zhiyong Zhao
Nanomaterials self-assembled by DNA amphiphiles have great potential application in catalysis, bioimaging and biomedicine. Here, we constructed two kinds of DNA-dendrimer amphiphiles including the G-quadruplex-dendrimer hybrid (G20-Den) and single-stranded DNA-dendrimer hybrid (D20-Den) as a control. Both of them self-assembled into nanofibers with a length of several micrometers in MES buffer, and the diameter of G20-Den nanofibers was smaller than that of D20-Den nanofibers due to the compact stacking of G-quadruplex formed in G20-Den hybrids. At the same time, the catalytic properties of G20-Den nanofiber/hemin, as horseradish peroxidase-mimicking DNAzymes, were investigated. Our results showed that G20-Den nanofiber/hemin, as well as the single-stranded G20/hemin system, exhibited higher catalytic peroxidation activity than D20-Den nanofiber/hemin. Furthermore, through simple ultrafiltration, the recycle of these nanofibers can be simply achieved. This research has provided a new solution for the construction of functional DNA nanomaterials.
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生物化学
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纳米医学
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材料科学
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Small
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2025
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IF 12.1
Lianxiao Zhang,Qijie Diao,Bo Li,Xuedan Yang,Teng Wang,Rui Chen,Tianze Jiang,Xia Zhao
Breast cancer is a common malignant tumor in women worldwide, and its high metastasis is the main reason for high mortality. Especially under hypoxic microenvironments, the upregulation of hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF-1α) can activate the transcription factor Twist and promote tumor metastasis through epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT). Here, MnO 2 nanosheets are synthesized with oxidase-like activity using fucoidan as a protective agent, and construct a multifunctional delivery system MnO 2 @DNAzyme-TPZ (MDT) by loading DNAzymes and hypoxia-activated prodrug Tirapazamine (TPZ) for tumor treatment and metastasis inhibition. MDT kills tumors by converting O 2 into reactive oxygen species (ROS) through MnO 2 nanozymes, and inhibits tumor metastasis by selectively silencing the tumor metastasis-related Twist gene through DNAzymes. TPZ enhances tumor killing under hypoxic environments and synergistically inhibits tumor metastasis by reducing the expression of HIF-1α. MDT significantly inhibits tumor growth and metastasis in vivo in an in situ tumor model. The strategy of combining selective gene silencing based on DNAzymes with nanozymes and hypoxia-activated prodrug provides a new approach to anti-tumor metastasis therapy.
研究领域:
肿瘤学
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生物医学工程
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药物递送系统
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2022
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IF 16.744
Yi Zhang,Da Luo,Yin Zhang,Qi-Hai Zhang,Qing-Yuan Ji,Shi-Kang Zhou,Shan Huang,Li-li Li,Feng Lu,Wei-Feng Yao,Fang-Fang Cheng,Jun-Jie Zhu,Li Zhang
Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are promising materials for imaging biomolecules and predicting the progression of diseases, especially for tumors. However, conventional luminescence resonance energy transfer (LRET) based nanosensors remain challenging with complicated modification and unsatisfactory sensitivity. Herein, a sensing platform integrating confined emission effect and cycling amplification strategy into one substrate with high LRET efficiency and sensitivity has been developed for the in - vitro and in - vivo detection of microRNA-21. Washing UCNPs with hydrochloric acid was conducted for electrostatic absorption of 8–17 DNAzyme labeled with BHQ1 (8–17 DNAzyme-BHQ1) and complementary capturing template-aDNA3 complex (CPT-aDNA3) to form energy donor–acceptor pair (UCNPs-BHQ1) and capture miR-21. It not only avoids the complex modification procedure but also shortens the distance between the donor (UCNPs) and the acceptor (BHQ1). The quenching efficiency of 60.94 % was obtained. Targeted miR-21 could bind with CPT to release aDNA3 that can unlock 8–17 DNAzyme-BHQ1 to form aDNA3-DNAzyme-BHQ1 duplex. This aDNA3-DNAzyme-BHQ1 duplex owning -rA- group can be cleaved by Zn 2+ so that UCNPs restored green UCL emission because of the desorption of BHQ1. aDNA3 becomes dissociative again to trigger the next cycle. This [email protected] /CPT- aDNA3 achieved a wide linear range from 4 × 10 -14 M to 1 × 10 -8 M with a low limit detection of 31 fM for the sensitive detection of miR-21 in vitro . Furthermore, it was successfully applied to the real-time intracellular detection of miR-21 in HeLa cells and in - vivo monitoring of miR-21 expression in KS-01 treated tumor-bearing mouse. This proposed DNA-conjugated upconversion nanoamplicon provides new sights into monitoring of anti-cancer active ingredients efficacy and the progress evaluation of miRNA-related diseases.
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纳米技术
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生物医学工程
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分子生物学
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癌症研究
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生物成像
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Chemical Science
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2025
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IF 7.4
Baoting Dou,Hui Shen,Zhimin Li,Huanyu Cheng,Po Wang
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a critical role in regulating various physiological processes. To gain a comprehensive understanding of their distinct functions in different physiological events, it is imperative to detect binary ROS simultaneously. However, the development of the sensing method capable of binary ROS detection remains a significant challenge. In this study, we address this challenge by integrating chemically modified DNAzyme probes with the functionalized metal-organic framework (MOF) to create an efficient electrochemical sensing platform for the binary detection of ROS. ROS targets would activate the DNAzyme cleavage activity by removing the phenylboronate (BO) and phosphorothioate (PS) modifications, leading to the controlled release of doxorubicin (DOX) and methylene blue (MB) enclosed within MOF nanocomposites. This process generates two distinct voltammetric current peaks, with their potentials and intensities reflecting the identity and concentration of the ROS targets. The sensor demonstrates simultaneous detection of multiple ROS (H2O2 and HClO) produced by cancer cells with high sensitivity across a broad linear range of 1 to 200 nM and a low detection limit of sub-nanomolar. The design strategies behind the developed ROS sensing system could also be exploited to create other biosensors with highly sensitive and binary detection to promote clinical research and revolutionize disease diagnostics.
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生物化学
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医学诊断
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分析化学
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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2023
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IF 7.4
Mengmeng Wu,Bing Yang,Lu Shi,Qiaorong Tang,Jing Wang,Wei Liu,Baoxin Li,Yan Jin
Receptors are crucial to the analytical performance of sensor arrays. Different from the previous receptors in sensor arrays, herein, peroxidase-mimicking DNAzymes were innovatively used as receptors to develop a label-free chemiluminescence sensor array for discriminating various heavy metal ions in complex samples. The peroxidase-mimicking DNAzymes are composed of functional oligonucleotides and hemin, including G-triplex-hemin DNAzyme (G3-DNAzyme), G-quadruplex-hemin DNAzyme (G4-DNAzyme), and the dimer of G-quadruplex-hemin DNAzyme (dG4-DNAzyme). Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy demonstrated that different metal ions diversely affect the conformation of G-quadruplex and G-triplex, resulting in a change in the activity of peroxidase-mimicking DNAzyme. Thus, the unique fingerprints formed to easily discriminate seven kinds of heavy metal ions by principal component analysis (PCA) within 20 min. The discrimination of unknown metal ions in tap water further confirmed its ability for discriminating multiple heavy metal ions. Moreover, it will not bring water pollution due to the good biocompatibility of DNA. Therefore, it not only merely offers a label-free, rapid, environment-friendly, and cheap (1.49 $) sensor assay for discriminating metal ions but also comes up with an innovative way for developing sensor arrays.
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生物化学
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环境科学
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分析化学
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2015
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IF 4.097
Pei Liu,Min Liu,Hunshun Yin,Yunlei Zhou,Shiyun Ai
Aberrant DNA methylation, which is caused by the abnormal level of DNA methyltransferase (MTase), has been considered associated with a growing number of human diseases. Although there are various methods paying close attention to DNA methyltransferase (MTase) detection, most of them are generally complex and expensive. Here, a simple electrochemical strategy for sensitive detection of DNA methyltransferase (MTase) and inhibitor screening based on DpnI digestion triggering the formation of G-quadruplex DNAzymes has been developed. In this paper, a probe richness of guanine (G) was first self-assembled on the surface of the electrode through Au–S bond and then hybridized with the complementary DNA. Without DNA methylation, G-quadruplex DNAzymes cannot be formed due to the double helix structure and a weak electrochemical response can be observed. On the contrary, an obvious enhancement of the electrochemical response can be achieved after the cleavage of the methylated double-strand DNA by DpnI since G-quadruplex DNAzymes can be obtained, which catalyze the oxidation of hydroquinone by H 2 O 2 with the assistance of the cofactor hemin. This method is under a detection limit of 0.96 U/mL and can monitor the change of DNA methylation level selectively. Moreover, RG108 was selected as a representative inhibitor for studying the inhibition activity of DNA MTase.
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生物化学
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分子生物学
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分析化学
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Journal of Materials Chemistry B
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2024
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IF 6.1
Yan Chen,Miao He,Feifan Yin,Wenting Cheng,Zhongyun Wang,Yang Xiang
Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) is an enzyme belonging to the type II transmembrane serine protease family that has gained wide interest in the fields of hematology, immunology, and cancer biology. Moreover, DPPIV has emerged as a promising target for therapeutic intervention in type II diabetes. Due to its biological limitations, traditional strategies cannot meet the requirements of low abundance DPPIV analysis in complex environments. In this work, combining the high programmability of DNA and the chemical diversity of peptides, we designed DNA–peptide conjugates that can be specifically recognized, polypeptides as specific substrates for target DPPIV and DNA probes as primers for catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA), recycling a large amount of DNAzymes by triggering CHA amplification. The DNAzyme substrate modified with the FAM fluorescent group was immobilized on the surface of gold nanoparticles by S–Au chemical bonds to form a signal output probe. The DNAzymes enzyme cleaved the substrate of the signal outputs probe, yielding a double-amplified fluorescence signal. This method has a detection limit as low as 0.18 mU mL−1 and a linear range of 0–5 mU mL−1 in serum samples, showing high stability and good potential for practical applications.
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生物化学
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分子生物学
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分析化学
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糖尿病研究
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癌症生物学
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ACS Synthetic Biology
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2022
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IF 5.249
Chunfeng Feng,Wenbin Liang,Fei Liu,Yu Xiong,Man Chen,Pan Feng,Mingjing Guo,Yunxia Wang,Zhongjun Li,Liqun Zhang
The mutation status of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 is of great importance for predicting sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the development of simple, sensitive, and no-nonspecific amplification platforms for EGFR 19del detection in NSCLC remains a challenge. Herein, we developed a novel, simple, and highly sensitive naked-eye assay utilizing CRISPR/Cas12a-triggered no-nonspecific nucleic acid amplification (NAA) with rolling circle amplification (RCA) as a model for EGFR 19del detection. Typically, circular padlocks are designed to be the trans-cleavage substrate of Cas12a/crRNA and serve as templates for RCA. Since the target EGFR 19del induces robust trans-cleavage activity of the Cas12a/crRNA duplex, the surrounding circular padlocks are cleaved into random short linear fragments that are unable to initiate RCA, resulting in a colorless solution. However, in the absence of EGFR 19del, the inactivated Cas12a enzymes cannot cleave the circular padlocks, and they remain able to serve as templates to initiate RCA to generate long single-stranded DNA to further fold into G-quadruplex/hemin DNAzymes to catalyze the oxidation of 2,2′-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt (ABTS2–), generating a color response that is obvious to the naked eye. As expected, this strategy with a detection limit as low as 20 fM exhibited robust selectivity and anti-interference ability. Moreover, this method was applicable for detecting EGFR 19del in real serum samples and showed high consistency with real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and sequencing results, providing a promising strategy for the early noninvasive diagnosis and guidance of clinical treatment for cancer.
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分子生物学
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癌症诊断
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基因工程
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生物医学科学
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ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2017
·Vol. 409
·期 27
·6421-6427
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IF 3.431
Li Daxiu,Xie Jiaqing,Zhou Wenjiao,Jiang Bingying,Yuan Ruo,Xiang Yun
The determination of the level of Cu 2+ plays important roles in disease diagnosis and environmental monitoring. By coupling Cu + -catalyzed click chemistry and metal ion-dependent DNAzyme cyclic amplification, we have developed a convenient and sensitive colorimetric sensing method for the detection of Cu 2+ in human serums. The target Cu 2+ can be reduced by ascorbate to form Cu + , which catalyzes the azide-alkyne cycloaddition between the azide- and alkyne-modified DNAs to form Mg 2+ -dependent DNAzymes. Subsequently, the Mg 2+ ions catalyze the cleavage of the hairpin DNA substrate sequences of the DNAzymes and trigger cyclic generation of a large number of free G-quadruplex sequences, which bind hemin to form the G-quadruplex/hemin artificial peroxidase to cause significant color transition of the sensing solution for sensitive colorimetric detection of Cu 2+ . This method shows a dynamic range of 5 to 500 nM and a detection limit of 2 nM for Cu 2+ detection. Besides, the level of Cu 2+ in human serums can also be determined by using this sensing approach. With the advantages of simplicity and high sensitivity, such sensing method thus holds great potential for on-site determination of Cu 2+ in different samples.
Sensitive colorimetric detection of copper (II) by coupling click chemistry with metal ion-dependentDNAzymes
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生物化学
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分析化学
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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2014
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IF 4.517
Xue Gong,Jinfu Li,Wenjiao Zhou,Yun Xiang,Ruo Yuan,Yaqin Chai
Based on target recycling amplification, the development of a new label-free, simple and sensitive colorimetric detection method for ATP by using un-modified aptamers and DNAzymes is described. The association of the model target molecules (ATP) with the corresponding aptamers of the dsDNA probes leads to the release of the G-quadruplex sequences. The ATP-bound aptamers can be further degraded by Exonuclease III to release ATP, which can again bind the aptamers of the dsDNA probes to initiate the target recycling amplification process. Due to this target recycling amplification, the amount of the released G-quadruplex sequences is significantly enhanced. Subsequently, these G-quadruplex sequences bind hemin to form numerous peroxidase mimicking DNAzymes, which cause substantially intensified color change of the probe solution for highly sensitive colorimetric detection of ATP down to the sub-nanomolar (0.33 nM) level. Our method is highly selective toward ATP against other control molecules and can be performed in one single homogeneous solution, which makes our sensing approach hold great potential for sensitive colorimetric detection of other small molecules and proteins.
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生物化学
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分子生物学
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分析化学
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2024
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IF 7.7
Wenshan Li,Qingqing Li,Huaiyue Xia,Wenjie Liu,Guoxing Jing,Jianna Yu,Wen Liu,Mengtong Lin,Yujuan Huang
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a compound of concern due to its potential health effects on humans. Detecting OTA in food is crucial for safeguarding public health. In this study, we fabricated a multi-DNAzyme cascade reaction-mediated colorimetric aptasensors for OTA detection, integrating autocatalytic Mg 2+ -dependent DNAzyme cleavage (MNAzyme) and an entropy-driven circuit. In brief, the recognition between the aptamer and target OTA led to the release of DNA1. Subsequently, DNA1 hybridized with DNA2, generating an upstream MNAzyme that facilitated the production of a downstream MNAzyme. These MNAzymes possess similar substrate binding arms, enabling them to catalyze the same substrate. The catalytic efficiency of MNAzymes towards the substrates was enhanced due to the increasing concentration of MNAzymes. The cleavage products then triggered an entropy-driven cycle to generate a signal. Under optimal conditions, the sensing system exhibited low detection limits of 48.97 fM for OTA. Additionally, the proposed aptasensor was successfully applied to quantitatively analyze OTA in food samples. Thus, the multi-DNAzyme cascade reaction-mediated colorimetric aptasensors offer an adaptable platform for detecting traces of OTA contaminant in food.
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食品安全检测
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分子生物学
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2015
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IF 4.097
Yuezhen He,Jian Sun,Xiaoxun Wang,Lun Wang
A sandwich chemiluminescence (CL) immunosensor for sensitive detection of human leptin was developed with a multiple signal amplification strategy from catalytic hemin/G-quadruplex DNAzymes and functional superparamagnetic nanocomposites. To construct this sensing platform, core–shell structural Fe 3 O 4 /polydopamine (PD)/Au superparamagnetic nanocomposites were synthesized by an in situ method with PD as a substrate adhesive. These nanocomposites were further characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electronic microscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectrum and a vibrating sample magnetometer at room temperature. In this immunosensor, the monoclonal anti-human leptin antibody (capture antibody) was bound to the Fe 3 O 4 /PD/Au nanocomposites. Human leptin, biotinylated detection antibodies and streptavidin-DNAzymes were successively combined the above-mentioned nanocomposites to form sandwich-type immunocomplex through specific interactions. The magnetic particles loaded with the immunocomplex were separated by an external magnet, and the DNAzymes in the immunocomplex greatly enhanced the CL emission of the luminol–H 2 O 2 system. The immunosensor exhibited a high sensitivity, a good specificity, and a wide linear range for human leptin detection from 1.0 pg mL −1 to 8.0 × 10 2 pg mL −1 with a low detection limit of 0.3 pg mL −1 . This sensor is one of the most sensitive methods for leptin detection due to the highly efficient catalysis of the DNAzymes and analyte enrichment on magnetic capture.
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生物医学工程
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分析化学
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