Molecular beacons: A novel optical diagnostic tool

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-148

  Han, Su Xia ^a   Jia, Xi ^a   Ma, Jin Lu ^a   Zhu, Qing ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET); Molecular beacons (MBs); Nucleic acid probe

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BEACON; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA PROBES; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC MARKERS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879459753     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-012-0209-7     Document Type: Review

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