title: Protein-DNA interactions: a novel approach to improve the fluorescence stability of DNA/Ag nanoclusters.
abstract: Protein-DNA interactions are known to play an important role in a variety of biological processes. We have shown here that protein-DNA binding events can also be used to greatly improve the fluorescence stability of DNA-templated Ag nanoclusters (Ag NCs), which would be highly beneficial for Ag NCs in applications of biosensing/imaging.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, People's Republic of China. dongsj@ciac.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Zhixue
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Shaojun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D012834:Silver; D004247:DNA