Immuno-PCR: An ultrasensitive immunoassay for biomolecular detection

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 910, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-24

  Chang, Le ^a,b   Li, Jinming ^a   Wang, Lunan ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Immuno polymerase chain reaction; Immunoassay; Protein detection; Ultrasensitive detection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; CHAINS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; BIOMOLECULAR DETECTIONS; CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS; DETECTION SENSITIVITY; IMMUNO-POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS; IMMUNOASSAY; PROTEIN DETECTION; ULTRASENSITIVE DETECTION;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIBODY; DNA; DNA ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID; CHEMISTRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PROCEDURES;

ANTIBODIES; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; DNA; IMMUNOASSAY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84955579553     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.12.039     Document Type: Review

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