Recent development of highly sensitive Protease assay methods: Signal amplification through enzyme cascades

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1113-1119

  Yoon, Hyun Kyung ^a   Jung, Sang Taek ^b   Kim, Jae Ho ^a   Yoo, Tae Hyeon ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b Kookmin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Enzyme cascade; Protease assay; Resonance energy transfer; Signal amplification

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; DIAGNOSIS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYMES; RESONANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME CASCADES; PROTEASE ACTIVITIES; PROTEASE ASSAY; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; SIGNAL AMPLIFICATIONS;

AMPLIFICATION;

ENZYME PRECURSOR; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOSENSOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ENGINEERING; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION;

EID: 84879924939     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: 19763816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12257-012-0545-9     Document Type: Review

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