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SUBMITTER: Tong Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3405919 | biostudies-other | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Tong Qi Q Wang Xin X Wang Hui H Kubo Takuya T Yan Mingdi M
Analytical chemistry 20120312 7
We report a new type of microarray, based on glyconanoparticles (GNPs), to study glycan-lectin interactions. GNPs, synthesized by conjugating carbohydrate ligands on silica nanoparticles, were printed on a photoactive surface followed by covalent immobilization by light activation. The GNP microarrays could be probed by lectins labeled with fluorescein as well as fluorescein-doped silica nanoparticles (FSNPs). Results showed that FSNP as the label enhanced the signals for the higher affinity lig ...[more]