Rapid and accurate detection of Bacillus anthracis spores using peptide-quantum dot conjugates

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1713-1719

  Park, Tae Jung ^a   Park, Jong Pil ^a   Seo, Gwi Moon ^b   Chai, Young Gyu ^b   Lee, Sang Yup ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anthrax detection; Bacillus anthracis; Capture peptide; Peptide conjugated nanoparticle; Quantum dot

Indexed keywords

ALANYLTHREONYLTYROSYLPROLYLLEUCYLALANYLTHREONYLTYROSYLPROLYLLEUCYLCYTEINE; ALANYLTHREONYLTYROSYLPROLYLLEUCYLALANYLTHREONYLTYROSYLPROLYLLEUCYLPROLYLISOLEUCYLARGINYLGLYCYLGLYCYLGLYCYLCYSTEINE; ALANYLTHREONYLTYROSYLPROLYLLEUCYLPROLYLISOLEUCYLARGINYLGLYCYLGLYCYLGLCYLCYSTEINE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; SERYLLEUCYLLEUCYLPROLYLGLYCYLLEUCYLPROLYLGLYCYCLGLYCYLGLYCYLCYSTEINE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONJUGATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; QUANTUM DOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 33845579671     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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