Single particle quantum dot imaging achieves ultrasensitive detection capabilities for Western immunoblot analysis

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1318-1328

  Scholl, Benjamin ^a   Liu, Hong Yan ^a   Long, Brian R ^a   McCarty, Owen J T ^a   O'Hare, Thomas ^b,c   Druker, Brian J ^b,c   Vu, Tania Q ^a  

^a Oregon Health and Science University Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophoresis; Immunoblot; Proteomics; Quantum dot; Single molecule; Western blot

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOBLOT; PROTEOMICS; QUANTUM DOT; SINGLE MOLECULE; WESTERN BLOT;

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; QUANTUM DOTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67651230765     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9000353     Document Type: Article

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