G-quadruplex based probes for visual detection and sensing

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2048-2057

  Neo, J L ^a   Kamaladasan, K ^b   Uttamchandani, M ^a,b  

^a DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biosensing; Chemical biology; Colorimeteric visual detection and sensing; Dnazyme; G quadruplex

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; COPPER; DNA BASE; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; HEMIN; INTEGRASE; LEAD; LIGAND; MERCURY; METAL ION; NUCLEOLIN; PEROXIDASE; POTASSIUM; SILVER; STRONTIUM; TERBIUM; THROMBIN; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

COLORIMETRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PROBE; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CATALYSIS; DNA; DNA, CATALYTIC; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GOLD; HUMANS; LIGANDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SILVER;

EID: 84860134852     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161212799958341     Document Type: Review

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