Nanostructured probes for RNA detection in living cells

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-50

  Santangelo, Philip ^a   Nitin, Nitin ^a   Bao, Gang ^a  

^a Emory University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer; Hairpin probe; Live cell; Molecular beacon; Oligonucleotide; Peptide; RNA detection

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER (FRET); GENE EXPRESSIONS; LIVING CELLS; NANOSTRUCTURED PROBES;

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; DISEASES; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

RNA;

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33645158637     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-005-9003-6     Document Type: Article

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