• Title of article

    Sequence-specific electrochemical biosensing of M. tuberculosis DNA

  • Author/Authors

    Joseph Wang، نويسنده , , Gustavo Rivas، نويسنده , , Xiaohua Cai، نويسنده , , Narasaiah Dontha، نويسنده , , Haruki Shiraishi، نويسنده , , Denbai Luo، نويسنده , , Florenda S. Valera، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1997
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    41
  • To page
    48
  • Abstract
    An electrochemical biosensor for the determination of short sequences from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) DNA is described. The sensor relies on the modification of the carbon-paste transducer with 27- or 36-mer oligonucleotide probes and their hybridization to complementary strands from the MTB DNA direct repeat region. Chronopotentiometry is employed to transduce the hybridization event, in connection with a Co(phen)33+ indicator. Short (5–15 min) hybridization periods permit convenient quantitation of ng ml−1 levels of the MTB DNA target. Similar results are observed using microfabricated carbon-strip transducers. The new sensor holds great promise for rapid screening for MTB infections. Direct adsorptive stripping potentiometric measurements of ultratrace levels of MTB DNA are also reported.
  • Keywords
    Biosensors , M. tuberculosis , Sequence-specific detection , Hybridization , Carbon-paste electrode , Screen-printed electrode , DNA
  • Journal title
    Analytica Chimica Acta
  • Serial Year
    1997
  • Journal title
    Analytica Chimica Acta
  • Record number

    1025188