Highly sensitive homogeneous electrochemical assay for methyltransferase activity based on methylation-responsive exonuclease III-assisted signal amplification

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 208, Issue , 2015, Pages 575-580

  Wang, Xiuzhong ^a   Liu, Xinglu ^b   Hou, Ting ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Li, Feng ^a  

^a QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biosensing; Exonuclease III; Homogeneous electrochemical assay; Methyltransferase activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912075801     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2014.11.092     Document Type: Article

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