Molecular profiling of single cancer cells and clinical tissue specimens with semiconductor quantum dots

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 473-481

  Xing, Yun ^a   Smith, Andrew M ^a   Agrawal, Amit ^a   Ruan, Gang ^a   Nie, Shuming ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Live cell; Nanocrystal; Nanoparticle; Semiconductor; Tissue section; Tumor

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT; TUMOR MARKER; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34250157121     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/nano.2006.1.4.473     Document Type: Review

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