Poly-
l-lysine hydrobromide (MW =
15–30 kDa by viscosity), NaClO
4,
deuterated water,
and tablets for a 10 mM PBS solution (pH 7.4) were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich.
H
2SO
4 (95%) was purchased from VWR Chemical,
and HCl was obtained from SelectiPur. Methyl-OEG
4-NHS ester
was obtained from Thermo Fisher Scientific, while DBCO-OEG
4-NHS was obtained from Click Chemistry Tools. The membrane for dialysis
(Spectra/Por; 6–8 kDa cutoff; diameter, 6.4 mm) was purchased
from Spectrum Labs, Greece. cDNA (complementary to
KRAS sequence: 43 nt, 5′-ATG ACTGAATATAAACTTGTGGTAGTTGGAGCTGGTGGCGTAG-3′)
and
ncDNA (42 nt, 5′-CTACGCCACCTCAACCTA CGCCACCTCCACCTACGCCACCTC-3′)
were purchased from Eurofins Genomics and used as received. The ferrocene-labeled
DNA (23 nt; MW, 7487 g/mol; 5′-ACCACAAGTTTATATTCAGTCAT-Fc-3′)
was acquired from Biomers.net GmbH. Gold QCM chips (with a fundamental
frequency of 5 MHz) were purchased from Biolin Scientific. Silicon
p
++ wafers (⟨100⟩-oriented, one-side polished,
525 ± 25 μm substrate thickness, 0.01–0.025 Ω
cm resistivity) were obtained from Okmetic Finland, while the positive
Olin 907-17 photoresist was obtained from Arch Chemicals. The PNA
probe was synthesized using a previously described procedure.
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