An electrochemical clamp assay for direct, rapid analysis of circulating nucleic acids in serum

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 569-575

  Das, Jagotamoy ^a   Ivanov, Ivaylo ^a   Montermini, Laura ^b   Rak, Janusz ^b   Sargent, Edward H ^a   Kelley, Shana O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

BLOOD; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 84932633736     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2270     Document Type: Article

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