Detection of activity of telomerase in tumor cells using fiber optical biosensors

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 17, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 1081-1087

  Schmidt, Peter M ^a   Lehmann, Christine ^b   Matthes, Eckart ^b   Bier, Frank F ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber optic; G quartettes; Telomerase; TRAP assay

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; BIOSENSORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; ENZYMES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FLUORESCENCE; ONCOLOGY;

CANACEROGENESIS; HYBRIDIZATION;

CELLS;

CELL EXTRACT; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GUANINE DERIVATIVE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TELOMERASE; PRIMER DNA; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBER OPTIC BIOSENSOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; TUMOR CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELL EXTRACTS; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELOMERASE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036883613     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5663(02)00102-1     Document Type: Article

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