A Beacon of Light: A new molecular probe for homogeneous detection of nucleic acid targets

IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 28-33

  Yeh, Hsin Chih ^a   Sharma, Jaswinder ^a   Han, Jason J ^a   Martinez, Jennifer S ^a   Werner, James H ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING; DNA STRANDS; MOLECULAR PROBES; RED FLUORESCENCE;

NANOCLUSTERS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

PROBES;

EID: 81255169985     PISSN: 19324510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MNANO.2011.940951     Document Type: Article

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