Carbon and gold electrodes as electrochemical transducers for DNA hybridisation sensors

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 515-530

  Lucarelli, Fausto ^a   Marrazza, Giovanna ^a   Turner, Anthony P F ^b   Mascini, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon electrodes; DNA chips; DNA hybridisation; DNA sensors; Electrochemical DNA biosensors; Genosensors; Gold electrodes; PCR

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GOLD; TRANSDUCERS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL TRANSDUCERS;

DNA;

ALKANE; ANTHRAQUINONE; AVIDIN; CARBON; CYANAMIDE; DAUNORUBICIN; DNA; ENZYME; ESTER; FERROCENE; GENOMIC DNA; GOLD; INTERCALATING AGENT; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYMER; REAGENT; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY; ADSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ASSAY; BIOMAGNETISM; BIOSENSOR; BIOTINYLATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COVALENT BOND; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; MAGNETISM; MATERIAL COATING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SAMPLING; SENSOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0346366566     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5663(03)00256-2     Document Type: Review

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