Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Protocell arrays for simultaneous detection of diverse analytes

  • Yan Zhang,
  • Taisuke Kojima,
  • Ge-Ah Kim,
  • Monica P. McNerney,
  • Shuichi Takayama,
  • Mark P. Styczynski

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25989-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Simultaneous detection of multiple analytes from a sample is currently difficult. Here the authors present protocell arrays in a customisable platform integrating cell-free expression with a polymer-based aqueous two-phase system; they use this for detection of chemically diverse targets from biofluids.