Single-quantum-dot-based DNA nanosensor

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 826-831

  Zhang, Chun Yang ^a   Yeh, Hsin Chih ^a   Kuroki, Marcos T ^a   Wang, Tza Huei ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DNA; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

DNA NANOSENSOR; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER (FRET); GENETIC DISEASES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE LIGATION ASSAY;

BIOSENSORS;

DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; PRIMER DNA; QUANTUM DOT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HUMAN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OVARY TUMOR; POINT MUTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POINT MUTATION; QUANTUM DOTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 31344435026     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1508     Document Type: Article

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