Simultaneous imaging of two different cancer biomarkers using aptamer-conjugated quantum dots

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 8595-8604

  Lee, Jonghwan ^a   Kang, Hyo Jin ^a   Jang, Hyeok ^a   Lee, Youn Jung ^a   Lee, Yong Seung ^a   Ali, Bahy A ^b,c   Al Khedhairy, Abdulaziz A ^b   Kim, Soonhag ^a  

^a Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Universities and Research centers District   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aptamer; Nucleolin; Quantum dot; Tenascin C

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; MEDICAL IMAGING; NANOCRYSTALS;

APTAMERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES; INTRACELLULAR LOCALIZATION; NUCLEOLIN; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM DOT; SIMULTANEOUS IMAGING; TENASCIN;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84927623473     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150408595     Document Type: Article

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