Selective probing of mRNA expression levels within a living cell

AUTOR(ES)

Nawarathna, D.

FONTE

American Institute of Physics

RESUMO

We report on a selective and nondestructive measurement of mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) expression levels within a living cell. We first modify an atomic force microscope tip to create a tapered nanoscale coaxial cable. Application of an ac (alternating potential) between the inner and outer electrodes of this cable creates a dielectrophoretic force attracting mRNA molecules toward the tip-end which is pretreated with gene specific primers. We selectively extracted and analyzed both high (∼2500) and extremely low (11¯0) copy number mRNA from a living cell mRNA in less than 10 s.

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