2016 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Knowledge of folding/unfolding pathway is fundamental basis to study protein structure and stability. Human carbonic anhydrase II (HCAII) is a… Continue reading Characterization of folding intermediates during urea-induced denaturation of human carbonic anhydrase II
2016 / Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology
In the present study, new Schiff base complexes with the composition [M(NCS)2(L1)2]·nH2O, where M = Co (n = 0) (1) and Ni (n = 2) (2);… Continue reading New cobalt(II) and nickel(II) complexes of benzyl carbazate Schiff bases: Syntheses, crystal structures, in vitro DNA and HSA binding studies
2016 / Chemical Science
A nucleoside analogue comprising the ligand 1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline (P) was applied to develop a molecular beacon capable of discriminating the canonical… Continue reading A metal-mediated base pair that discriminates between the canonical pyrimidine nucleobases
2016 / Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology
Formation of ruthenium(II) complexes of the type [RuH(CO)(PPh3)2(L)] (where L = N-Substituted 9-ethyl carbazole thiosemicarbazone ligands) has been described from the reactions… Continue reading Ru(II) carbazole thiosemicarbazone complexes with four membered chelate ring: Synthesis, molecular structures and evaluation of biological activities
2016 / Journal of Luminescence
Surface functionalizations of quantum dots (QDs) are expected to improve their optoelectronic properties and advance their targeting nature, which is… Continue reading Interaction of cadmium sulfide quantum dots with jacalin for specific recognition of cancer cells
2016 / Chemistry A European Journal
Few-atom silver nanoclusters (AgNCs) can exhibit strong fluorescence; however, they require ligands to prevent aggregation into larger nanoparticles. Fluorescent AgNCs… Continue reading Peptide-Stabilized, Fluorescent Silver Nanoclusters: Solid-Phase Synthesis and Screening
2009 / Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
We found unusual reactivity of a heterochiral dodecadeoxynucleotide toward EcoRI that contains an unnatural l-nucleotide residue at the 3′-flanking site of the… Continue reading FRET-based kinetic analysis of highly reactive heterochiral DNA toward EcoRI endonuclease
2009 / Macromolecular Rapid Communications
A polymer–surfactant micellar complex has been studied as a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) donor to fluorescein-labeled DNA (ssDNA-Fl). In… Continue reading A Micellar Complex of a Conjugated Polyelectrolyte for Efficient FRET to Dye-Labeled DNA
2009 / Macromolecules
Two types of cationic polyfluorene copolymers (FHQ, FPQ) with a same π-conjugated structure but different counterions (bromide (BR), tetraphenylborate (PB)) were… Continue reading Signal Amplification by Changing Counterions in Conjugated Polyelectrolyte-Based FRET DNA Detection
2010 / Journal of Materials Chemistry
Rod-like, uniform, and poorly aggregated BaSi2O2N2 : Eu powders with tunable luminescence for white LEDs have been successfully synthesized by direct… Continue reading Nitridation from core-shell oxides for tunable luminescence of BaSi2O2N2 : Eu2 + LED phosphors
2010 / Biosensors and Bioelectronics
We report here a quantum dots-DNA (QDs-DNA) nanosensor based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) for the detection of the… Continue reading QDs-DNA nanosensor for the detection of hepatitis B virus DNA and the single-base mutants
2011 / Biomaterials
Here we report an electrochemical sensor that can realize label-free cancer cell detection using the first clinical trial II used… Continue reading A graphene functionalized electrochemical aptasensor for selective label-free detection of cancer cells
2011 / Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
We report the adaptation of dendrimer-based nonviral expression system for ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) overproduction in human mesenchymal stem cells… Continue reading Non-virally modified human mesenchymal stem cells produce ciliary neurotrophic factor in biodegradable fibrin-based 3D scaffolds
2007 / Langmuir
New fluorescent gelators containing pyrene moieties and dendritic oligopeptides have been developed. These molecules self-assemble into 1D helical columnar structures… Continue reading Color-Tunable Fluorescent Organogels: Columnar Self-Assembly of Pyrene-Containing Oligo(glutamic acid)s
2013 / Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
A series of four new thiosemicarbazone complexes of palladium have been synthesized, characterized and evaluated for their DNA/protein binding with… Continue reading Synthesis, DNA/protein binding and in vitro cytotoxic studies of new palladium metallothiosemicarbazones
2014 / Analytica Chimica Acta
A ratiometric fluorescent chemosensor 1 was developed for the detection of Al3+ in aqueous solution based on aggregation-induced emmision (AIE). The chemosensor showed… Continue reading A ratiometric fluorescent chemosensor for Al3+ in aqueous solution based on aggregation-induced emission and its application in live-cell imaging
2015 / Analyst
We developed new cationic fluorescent polymeric thermometers containing both benzothiadiazole and BODIPY units as an environment-sensitive fluorophore and as a… Continue reading A cationic fluorescent polymeric thermometer for the ratiometric sensing of intracellular temperature
2015 / Applied Surface Science
Visible light photocatalytic activity of amorphous TiO2 doped with carbon is prepared by a facile sol-gel route for the first time.… Continue reading Amorphous TiO2 doped with carbon for visible light photodegradation of rhodamine B and 4-chlorophenol
2016 / Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
Sup35 is a prion-like protein from yeast and shares the ability to transmit its aberrant fold and to aggregate into… Continue reading Amyloid formation characteristics of GNNQQNY from yeast prion protein Sup35 and its seeding with heterogeneous polypeptides
2016 / RSC Advances
A new and facilely prepared light scattering (LS) and fluorometric dual-mode sensor is developed for lead ion (Pb2+) detection with… Continue reading Dual-modal light scattering and fluorometric detection of lead ion by stimuli-responsive aggregation of BSA-stabilized copper nanoclusters
