Effects of Upconversion Nanoparticles on Polymerase Chain Reaction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Hwang, Sang Hyun ^a   Im, Su Gyeong ^a   Hah, Sang Soo ^b   Cong, Vu Thanh ^c   Lee, Eun Jeong ^b   Lee, Yeon Su ^a   Lee, Geon Kook ^a   Lee, Do Hoon ^a   Son, Sang Jun ^c  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPCONVERSION NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PHOTON; PHOTON UPCONVERSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84883503940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073408     Document Type: Article

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