DNA hairpins as temperature switches, thermometers and ionic detectors

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 5937-5944

  Jonstrup, Anette Thyssen ^a   Fredsøe, Jacob ^a   Andersen, Anni Hangaard ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DNA hairpin; Fluorescence readout; Ionic detector; Temperature sensing; Temperature switch

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; DNA; MOLECULES; THERMOMETERS;

CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; DNA HAIRPIN; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; NANOSCALE SENSORS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SMALL-SCALE SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE SENSING;

TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

EID: 84878078622     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130505937     Document Type: Article

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