Electronic Properties of Synthetic Shrimp Pathogens-derived DNA Schottky Diodes.

ABSTRACT: The exciting discovery of the semiconducting-like properties of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and its potential applications in molecular genetics and diagnostics in recent times has resulted in a paradigm shift in biophysics research. Recent studies in our laboratory provide a platform towards detecting charge transfer mechanism and understanding the electronic properties of DNA based on the sequence-specific electronic response, which can be applied as an alternative to identify or detect DNA. In this study, we demonstrate a novel method for identification of DNA from different shrimp viruses and bacteria using electronic properties of DNA obtained from both negative and positive bias regions in current-voltage (I-V) profiles. Characteristic electronic properties were calculated and used f

SUBMITTER: Rizan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5772554 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature