用放射性核素^111In^3+标记的肽核酸(PNA)为探针,分别检测与PNA序列互补的单链寡聚核苷酸、pUC19-C1质粒结合形成双螺旋的情况.结果表明,PNA不仅能够与游离单链的互补核酸形成稳定的双螺旋;还在有PNA开链剂存在的情况下,能够与靶位质粒特异性结合.以放射性标记的PNA可作为检测目标基因片断的有效分子探针.
The radio-111In3+ labelled peptide nucleic acid (PNA) was used as molecular probe and the pUC19-C1 plasmid which contains the target site of the PNA probe was constructed. The results show that PNA forms a stable double helix with not only the complementary single-stranded nucleic acid but also the plasmid in the presence of PNA opener. It is suggested that radio-labelled PNA probe can be used to detect target DNA in genes.