Applications of aptamers as sensors

Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 241-264

  Cho, Eun Jeong ^a   Lee, Joo Woon ^b   Ellington, Andrew D ^c  

^a Institute for Drug and Diagnostic Development   (United States)

^b Chungju National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification; Electrochemical; Nanoparticle; Optical

Indexed keywords

APTAMER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS;

EID: 70349786095     PISSN: 19361327     EISSN: 19361335     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anchem.1.031207.112851     Document Type: Article

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