Colorimetric biosensors based on DNAzyme-assembled gold nanoparticles

Journal of Fluorescence

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-354

  Liu, Juewen ^a   Lu, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptamers; Biosensors; Colorimetric; DNAzymes; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

APTAMERS; COLORIMETRIC; DNAZYMES; NANOPARTICLES;

AGGLOMERATION; BIOSENSORS; CATALYSIS; COLORIMETERS; CROSSLINKING; DNA; ENZYMES; GOLD; MOLECULES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

DEOXYRIBOZYME; GOLD; LEAD; NANOMATERIAL; PAINT;

CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COLORIMETRY; DNA, CATALYTIC; GOLD; LEAD; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PAINT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 3042737151     PISSN: 10530509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOFL.0000031816.06134.d3     Document Type: Review

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