DNA/RNA detection using DNA-templated few-atom silver nanoclusters

Biosensors

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-200

  Obliosca, Judy M ^a   Liu, Cong ^a   Batson, Robert Austin ^a   Babin, Mark C ^b   Werner, James H ^c   Yeh, Hsin Chih ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR INTEGRATED NANOTECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dna rna Detection; Few Atom Silver Nanoclusters; Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Detection; Turn ON Sensors

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DNA SEQUENCES; FLUORESCENCE; NANOCLUSTERS; NUCLEOTIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILVER; SILVER COMPOUNDS;

DNA/RNA DETECTION; FEW-ATOM SILVER NANOCLUSTER; ORGANIC/INORGANIC COMPOSITES; RNA DETECTION; SILVER NANOCLUSTERS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM DETECTIONS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM DETECTION; TEMPLATED; TURN-ON SENSOR;

DNA;

SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HAIRPIN; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TEMPLATE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENHANCER REGION; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR BEACON; MOLECULAR PROBE; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84884131635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20796374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/bios3020185     Document Type: Review

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