A review: Electrochemical DNA biosensors for sequence recognition

Analytical Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2597-2623

  He, Pingang ^a   Xu, Ying ^a   Fang, Yuzhi ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption of DNA; DNA label; Electrochemical DNA biosensor; Immobilization of DNA; Intercalator

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744473181     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710500369794     Document Type: Review

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