Gold(III) chloride trihydrate, trisodium citrate dihydrate,
N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS),
1- (3-(dimethylamino)propyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC), 2-(2
’-aminoethoxy) ethanol (AEE),
Tween 20, 16- mercaptohexadecanoic acid (16-MHDA), 3,3
’,5,5
’-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB),
horseradish peroxidase (HRP, Type VI), cholera toxin from
Vibrio cholerae (CT), anticholera toxin antibody from rabbit (whole antiserum), and Protein A from
Staphylococcus aureus were from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO). Streptavidin and (+)-biotinyl-3,6,9-trioxaundecanediamine (BA) were from Thermo Scientific (Rockford, IL). 1-Oleoyl-2-palmitoyl-
sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) and 1,2-dipalmitoyl-
sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-
N-(biotinyl) sodium salt (biotin-PE) were from Avanti Polar Lipids (Alabaster, AL). Monosialoganglioside receptor GM
1 was from Matreya (Pleasant Gap, PA). Functionalized oligonucleotides were obtained from Integrated DNA Technologies (Coralville, IA), and their sequences are provided in
Table 1. Detailed compositions of all buffers used (1× PBS, PBT, PCB, and MES) may be found in the Supporting Information. Nanopure water (≥18 MΩ·cm), purified through a
Barnstead E-Pure filtration system (Thermo Scientific, Rockford, IL), was used for all reagent preparations.
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