Luminescent Quantum Dot Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer-Based Probes in Cellular and Biological Assays

Cellular and Biomolecular Recognition: Synthetic and Non-Biological Molecules

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 265-279

  Shi, Lifang ^a   Rosenzweig, Nitsa ^a   Rosenzweig, Zeev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological assay; Cancer detection; Fluorescence resonance energy transfer; Luminescence quantum dot; Protease sensor; Real time monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871702739     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527627011.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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