title: Aptamer-based FRET nanoflares for imaging potassium ions in living cells.
abstract: Due to the effective properties of the FRET signal and K+-sensitive recognition of G-quadruplex, aptamer-based FRET nanoflares were developed to sense intracellular potassium ions.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, China. jinhuang@hnu.edu.cn kmwang@hnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yanjing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, China. jinhuang@hnu.edu.cn kmwang@hnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, China. jinhuang@hnu.edu.cn kmwang@hnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiaohai
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, China. jinhuang@hnu.edu.cn kmwang@hnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Quan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, China. jinhuang@hnu.edu.cn kmwang@hnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Nuli
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, China. jinhuang@hnu.edu.cn kmwang@hnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ou
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, China. jinhuang@hnu.edu.cn kmwang@hnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jinlu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, China. jinhuang@hnu.edu.cn kmwang@hnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Kemin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide / Q000737:chemistry*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D019343:Citric Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry; D054856:G-Quadruplexes; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D011188:Potassium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012235:Rhodamines / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007477:Ions; D012235:Rhodamines; D019343:Citric Acid; D006046:Gold; D011188:Potassium