Abstract
In this work, an intriguing phenomenon was found and studied that the efficiency of exonuclease (Exo) III-assisted recycling amplification could be greatly promoted by the three-way junction structure. This was utilized as a visualizable detection strategy of DNA. Herein, highly bright DNA hairpin-templated silver nanoclusters (AgNCs) with quantum yield of 69.2% was firstly employed as the label-free signal output. The self-designed DNA hairpin was used as a molecular beacon by the relationship between the hairpin structure and the fluorescence signal of AgNCs. By recycling amplification of Exo-III, a significant change in fluorescence signal generated. Eventually, a label-free, visual, universal DNA detection platform based on Exo-III assisted amplification and DNA hairpin-AgNCs with high quantum yield was proposed.
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