Detection of DNA Hybridization via Fluorescence Intensity Variations of ZnSe-DNA Quantum Dot Biosensors

Analytical Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 227-241

  Wang, Jun ^a   Lei, Pedro ^b   Andreadis, Stelios T ^b   Mountziaris, T J ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensors; DNA mutation detection; DNA sequence detection; Flourescence intensity variation; Homogeneous separation free assays; Nanocrystal DNA bioconjunction; Quantum dots; Zinc selenide nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863042772     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2011.633190     Document Type: Article

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