Recent advances in electrochemical aptamer-based sensors

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 498-505

  Ferapontova, Elena E ^a   Gothelf, Kurt V ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apatmers; Aptasensors; DNA; Electrochemical aptamer based biosensors; RNA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSORS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; REDOX REACTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

APATMER; APTAMERS; APTASENSORS; BIORECOGNITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL APTAMER-BASED BIOSENSOR; ELECTROCHEMICALS; HIGH AFFINITY; IMPROVED TECHNIQUES; IN-VITRO; VITRO SELECTION;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 79551660425     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527211794474483     Document Type: Article

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