title: Versatile allosteric molecular devices based on reversible formation of luminous lanthanide complexes.
abstract: A versatile molecular device (lanthanide-complex molecular beacon; LCMB) was prepared by tethering ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid to the 5'-end and 1,10-phenanthroline to the 3'-end of stem-loop structured DNA as metal-capturing and sensitizer moieties, respectively. The emission from LCMB responded to the target molecule through the reversible structural change.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan. ykita@kumamoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Shikinari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ihara