DNA microspot assay using single-molecule detection and requiring 1.8 nL samples only

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-206

  Sui, Benhui ^a   Li, Lu ^b   Li, Xincang ^a   Wang, Jinxing ^a   Zhang, Xiaoli ^a   Jin, Wenrui ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Deoxyribonucleic acid assay; Messenger ribonucleic acid determination; Quantum dot labeling; Single cell analysis; Single molecule detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051665689     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-011-0640-1     Document Type: Article

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