ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the effect of different guanine base numbers on the fluorescence intensity of DNA/ silver nanoclusters through C-G base complementary pairing, in order to explore a new method for the construction of fluorescent probe switches. Methods Designed complementary sequences of aptamer parts of a series of silver nanoclusters by using the nucleic acid base complementary pairing principle, and investigated the effect of the number of G bases exposed in the aptamer sequence on the fluorescence signal. Results Base G could enhance the fluorescence signal intensity of silver nanoclusters, and the fluorescence signal strength was positively correlated with the number of G bases. The fitting linear equation was Y=1726.1X+8972.5, r=0.9789. Conclusion This study is a great reference for the regulation of fluorescence intensity of silver nanoclusters and the design of G quadruplet aptamer fluorescent probe switch.