Crystal violet as a fluorescent switch-on probe for i-motif: label-free DNA-based logic gate

Analyst. 2011 Jul 7;136(13):2692-6. doi: 10.1039/c1an15091j. Epub 2011 May 13.

Abstract

The first application of crystal violet as a selective fluorescent switch-on probe for i-motif DNA has been reported. This interaction has been exploited to develop a label-free DNA-based "OR" logic gate for potassium and hydrogen ions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Composition
  • Computers, Molecular*
  • DNA / chemistry*
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • Gentian Violet / chemistry*
  • Logic*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • DNA
  • Gentian Violet