Monitoring botulinum neurotoxin a activity with peptide-functionalized quantum dot resonance energy transfer sensors

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2687-2699

  Sapsford, Kim E ^a   Granek, Jessica ^a   Deschamps, Jeffrey R ^b   Boeneman, Kelly ^b   Blanco Canosa, Juan Bautista ^c   Dawson, Philip E ^c   Susumu, Kimihiro ^b   Stewart, Michael H ^b   Medintz, Igor L ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

biosensor; biothreat agent; botulinum neurotoxin A; fluorescence; F rster resonance energy transfer; FRET; metal affinity; nanocrystal; peptide; protease; quantum dot; semiconductor

Indexed keywords

BIOTHREAT AGENTS; BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN A; FRET; METAL AFFINITY; PROTEASE; QUANTUM DOT; SEMICONDUCTOR;

AGRICULTURE; ASSAYS; BIOSENSORS; BIOTERRORISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD SUPPLY; METABOLITES; NANOCRYSTALS; PEPTIDES; RESONANCE; SUBSTRATES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; QUANTUM DOT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUANTUM DOTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 79955409935     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102997b     Document Type: Article

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