关键词: 量子点, 分子信标, 核酸检测, 制备

Abstract: Quantum dots（QDs） have substantial advantages over organic dyes，including high stability against photobleaching，tunable colors by changing particle size，a single wavelength for simultaneous excitation of different-sized QDs and narrow emission peaks. Replacing the organic fluorophores of the conventional molecular beacon with QDs will overcome its many shortcomings. Quantum dot-molecular beacon is not only sensitive in measurement and stable against photo degradation，but also can be applied for multi-detection. In this paper，the development of quantum dot-molecular beacon in recent years is introduced. The types of MBs，linkage strategies，fluorescence quenchers and the characterization of quantum dot-molecular beacon were summarized. Moreover，its applications on nucleic-acid diagnostics are discussed，including multiple SNP detection，real-time monitoring on the living cells.

Key words: quantum dots, molecular beacon, nucleic acid detection, preparation