An Unintentional Discovery of a Fluorogenic DNA Probe for Ribonuclease I

Ribonuclease I belongs to a class of nonspecific endoribonucleases and plays many important roles in a variety of biological and cellular processes. While their ubiquitous nature and high activity contribute to the well-known problem of RNase contamination in experimentation, their abundance in bacteria can potentially be leveraged as a biosensor target. As a result, there is substantial interest in generating a specific and reliable probe for …