Unmodified DNA and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are used to develop a colorimetric method for distinguishing ligands binding to homoadenine, based on DNA adsorption onto AgNPs (see picture). The targets of the label-free assay could be small molecules rather than oligonucleotides.
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