DNA Strand Displacement (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

DNA Strand Displacement

Caption

Schematic of DNA strand displacement on the biosensor chip. A perfect match DNA strand (green) binds to the normal strand (red) of the DNA probe and displaces the weak strand (black).

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Lal Research Group at UC San Diego

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