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Chemical Annealing Restructures RNA for Nanopore Detection.

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Earle, Max K 
Keyser, Ulrich F 

Abstract

RNA is a key biochemical marker, yet its chemical instability and complex secondary structure hamper its integration into DNA nanotechnology-based sensing platforms. Relying on the denaturation of the native RNA structure using urea, we show that restructured DNA/RNA hybrids can readily be prepared at room temperature. Using solid-state nanopore sensing, we demonstrate that the structures of our DNA/RNA hybrids conform to the design at the single-molecule level. Employing this chemical annealing procedure, we mitigate RNA self-cleavage, enabling the direct detection of restructured RNA molecules for biosensing applications.

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Publication status: Published

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RNA, Nanopores, DNA, Biosensing Techniques, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Nucleic Acid Hybridization, Nanotechnology, Urea

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American Chemical Society (ACS)
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European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) (964995)
Herchel Smith Fellowship, European Union under the Horizon 2020 Program, FET- Open: DNA-FAIRYLIGHTS, Grant Agreement No. 964995, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee EP/X023311/1.