Quantum dot bioconjugates: emerging tools with great potential to study protein interactions and dynamics by FRET

International Journal of Biomedical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-74

  Gálvez, Eva M ^a   Pardo, Julián ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CARBOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

Author keywords

fluorescence resonance energy transfer; FRET; nanotechnology; proteins; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859856567     PISSN: 17560799     EISSN: 17560802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBNN.2011.038467     Document Type: Article

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