title: Detection of single-nucleotide mismatches using scanning electrochemical microscopy.
abstract: Probing ds-DNA films in the presence of Zn(2+) ions by scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) allows the unequivocal detection of a single-nucleotide mismatch and provides information about its position within the duplex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, CanadaN6A 5B7.
authors.forename: Piotr Michal
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Diakowski
authors.forename: Heinz-Bernhard
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Kraatz
mesh_terms: D020137:Base Pair Mismatch; D004563:Electrochemistry; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods*; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000737:chemistry*; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D009711:Nucleotides; D015032:Zinc