Autofluorescence detection in analytical chemistry and biochemistry

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-43

  Li, Qiang ^a   Seeger, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Electrophoresis; Immunoassay; Label free detection; Native (intrinsic) fluorescence; Protein; Protein analysis; Time resolved fluorescence; Ultrasensitive detection; UV excitation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE PROTEINS; LABEL-FREE DETECTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASENSITIVE DETECTION; UV EXCITATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIGENS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSENSORS; ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LABELS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77949548157     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: 1520569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05704920903435425     Document Type: Article

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