Gold nanoparticles for DNA/RNA-based diagnostics

Handbook of Nanoparticles

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1339-1370

  Franco, Ricardo ^a   Pedrosa, Pedro ^a   Carlos, Fábio Ferreira ^a,b   Veigas, Bruno ^a,c   Baptista, Pedro V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b STABVIDA   (Portugal)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIA DOS MATERIAIS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Au nanobeacons; Au nanoprobes; LSPR; Nucleic acid; Pathogen; Point of care; SNP

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GOLD; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PATHOGENS;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LSPR; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; MOLECULAR DETECTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POINT OF CARE;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84955348211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15338-4_31     Document Type: Chapter

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