Luminescent and colorimetric strategies for the label-free DNA-based detection of enzyme activity

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 525-535

  Leung, Chung Hang ^a   Zhong, Hai Jing ^b   Lu, Lihua ^c   Chan, Daniel Shiu Hin ^c   Ma, Dik Lung ^a,c  

^a University of Macau   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colorimetric; Detection; Enzyme activity; Label free; Luminescent

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; NUCLEASE; NUCLEASE S1; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYNUCLEOTIDE 5' HYDROXYL KINASE; RIBONUCLEASE H;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; COLORIMETRY; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

COLORIMETRIC; DETECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LABEL-FREE; LUMINESCENT;

ANIMALS; COLORIMETRY; DNA; ENZYMES; HUMANS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84878225950     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elt004     Document Type: Article

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