FRET-based quantum dot immunoassay for rapid and sensitive detection of Aspergillus amstelodami

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 6396-6410

  Kattke, Michele D ^a   Gao, Elizabeth J ^a   Sapsford, Kim E ^b   Stephenson, Larry D ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Detection; Displacement immunoassay; Fluorescence; Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET); Fungi; Mold; Quantum dot (QD); Quenching; Spores

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; IMMUNOASSAY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STEM CELL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANTIBODIES; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; IMMUNOASSAY; QUANTUM DOTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPORES; STEM CELLS;

EID: 79959849970     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110606396     Document Type: Article

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