Interfacial chemistry and the design of solid-phase nucleic acid hybridization assays using immobilized quantum dots as donors in fluorescence resonance energy transfer

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 6214-6236

  Russ Algar, W ^a   Krull, Ulrich J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active area; Biosensor; DNA; Fluorescence resonance energy transfer; Immobilization; Quantum dots; Regeneration; Signal enhancement

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; LIGAND; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; QUANTUM DOT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BIOTINYLATION; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; LIGANDS; MATERIALS TESTING; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; QUANTUM DOTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79959838476     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110606214     Document Type: Article

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