Aptamer-based molecular imaging

Protein and Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 739-754

  Wang, Tianjiao ^a   Ray, Judhajeet ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aptamer; biosensor; imaging; nucleic acid; protein; small molecule

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; APTAMER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; POTASSIUM ION; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

BIOSENSOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBE; MULTIPLEX IMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RNA METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR IMAGING;

EID: 84878025967     PISSN: 1674800X     EISSN: 16748018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13238-012-2072-z     Document Type: Review

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