Functional nucleic acids for detecting bacteria

Reviews in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-89

  Huang, Po Jung Jimmy ^b   Liu, Minchuan ^a   Liu, Juewen ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aptamers; Bacteria; Biosensors; Fluorescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877948845     PISSN: 07930135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revac-2012-0027     Document Type: Article

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