Electrochemical genosensors for the detection of Bonamia parasite. Selection of single strand-DNA (ssDNA) probes by simulation of the secondary structure folding
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2011-09-30
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Narcisi, Valeria
Mascini, Marcello
Perez, German
Del Carlo, Michele
Tiscar, Pietro Giorgio
Yamanaka, Hideko [UNESP]
Compagnone, Dario
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Elsevier B.V.
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A post-PCR nucleic acid work by comparing experimental data, from electrochemical genosensors, and bioinformatics data, derived from the simulation of the secondary structure folding and prediction of hybridisation reaction, was carried out in order to rationalize the selection of ssDNA probes for the detection of two Bonamia species, B. exitiosa and B. ostreae, parasites of Ostrea edulis.Six ssDNA probes (from 11 to 25 bases in length, 2 thiolated and 4 biotinylated) were selected within different regions of B. ostreae and B. exitiosa PCR amplicons (300 and 304 bases, respectively) with the aim to discriminate between these parasite species. ssDNA amplicons and probes were analyzed separately using the "Mfold Web Server" simulating the secondary structure folding behaviour. The hybridisation of amplicon-probe was predicted by means of "Dinamelt Web Server". The results were evaluated considering the number of hydrogen bonds broken and formed in the simulated folding and hybridisation process, variance in gaps for each sequence and number of available bases. In the experimental part, thermally denatured PCR products were captured at the sensor interface via sandwich hybridisation with surface-tethered probes (thiolated probes) and biotinylated signalling probes. A convergence between analytical signals and simulated results was observed, indicating the possibility to use bioinformatic data for ssDNA probes selection to be incorporated in genosensors. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Electrochemical genosensors, ssDNA probes, Screen-printed electrodes, Bonamia exitiosa, Bonamia ostreae, Folding simulation, hybridisation prediction
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Talanta. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., v. 85, n. 4, p. 1927-1932, 2011.