Gene quantification by the NanoGene assay is resistant to inhibition by humic acids

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 8873-8880

  Kim, Gha Young ^a   Wang, Xiaofang ^b   Ahn, Hosang ^b   Son, Ahjeong ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; GENOMIC DNA; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUMIC ACID; INHIBITION EFFECT; MAGNETIC BEADS; NO ADSORPTION; NON-SPECIFIC BINDING; PARTICLE AGGREGATION; PARTICLE SURFACE; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; QUANTUM DOT NANOPARTICLES;

ADSORPTION; AGGLOMERATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DNA; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; NANOMAGNETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBES; QUENCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SIGNALING;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

DNA; HUMIC ACID; QUANTUM DOT;

ADSORPTION; AGGREGATION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMIC ACID; HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBITION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DNA; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 80054684844     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2013402     Document Type: Article

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