Methods
MB concentration effects
- Mix 3 μL AuNP/TS primers, 1 μL dNTP, 2.5 μL PCR buffer, and 250 μL diluted cell extract containing 100,000 cells.
- Incubate at 30°C for 30 min.
- Add MB to each solution:
- 12.2 μL 100x diluted MB for MB/primers = 1
- 1.22 μL concentrated MB for MB/primers = 10
- 6.11 μL concentrated MB for MB/primers = 50
- Incubate at 37°C for 60 min.
Primers vs AuNP, incubation vs no incubation
- Make 4 solutions, each with 100,000 cells:
- Citrate AuNP/TS primer, incubated
- Mix 3 μL AuNP/TS primers, 1 μL dNTP, 2.5μL PCR buffer, and 250 μL diluted cell extract containing 100,000 cells.
- Incubate at 30°C for 30 min.
- Add 1.22 μL MB.
- Incubate at 37°C for 60 min.
- Citrate AuNP/TS primer, kept at room temperature
- Mix 3 μL AuNP/TS primers, 1 μL dNTP, 2.5μL PCR buffer, and 250 μL diluted cell extract containing 100,000 cells.
- Incubate at room temperature for 30 min.
- Add 1.22 μL MB.
- Incubate at 37°C for 60 min.
- Primers only, incubated
- Mix 6.5 μL 100x diluted primers, 1 μL dNTP, 2.5μL PCR buffer, and 250 μL diluted cell extract containing 100,000 cells.
- Incubate at 30°C for 30 min.
- Add 1.22 μL MB.
- Incubate at 37°C for 60 min.
- Primers only, kept at room temperature
- Mix 6.5 μL 100x diluted primers, 1 μL dNTP, 2.5μL PCR buffer, and 250 μL diluted cell extract containing 100,000 cells.
- Incubate at room temperature for 30 min.
- Add 1.22 μL MB.
- Incubate at 37°C for 60 min.
- Take fluorescence data for each solution.
Data
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