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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Feb 18;131(6):2072–2073. doi: 10.1021/ja808719p

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Preparation of Polyvalent RNA Gold Nanoparticle Conjugates. RNA duplexes (containing a double-stranded RNA sequence, an ethylene glycol spacer, and an alkylthiol group) are formed via hybridization and subsequently incubated with RNase free nanoparticles. Further passivation with oligoethylene glycol-thiol (OEG-Thiol) adds additional stability in cell culture.