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(a) Aptamer nano-flares are gold nanoparticles functionalized with thiol-terminated aptamer sequences hybridized to a short complementary Cy5-labeled reporter strand. The reporter is capable of being displaced by a conformation change in the aptamer that is induced by the target molecule. (b) Oligonucleotide sequences used to prepare the aptamer nano-flares.
