State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China. [Email] [Email]
Based on the structural programmability and spatial addressability of DNA nanodevices, a target-triggered, enzyme-free 3D DNA walker, comprising of hairpin DNA assembled gold nanoparticles with a local catalytic hairpin assembly reaction, was developed for the highly sensitive detection of intracellular tumor-associated microRNAs.