Voltammetric aptasensors for protein disease biomarkers detection: A review

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 941-953

  Meirinho, Sofia G ^a   Dias, Luís G ^b,c   Peres, António M ^b   Rodrigues, Lígia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aptamers; Aptasensors; Electrochemical; Protein biomarkers; SELEX; Voltammetric

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGY; BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STABILITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRODES; PROTEINS; TRANSDUCERS;

APTAMERS; APTASENSORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL; SELEX; VOLTAMMETRIC;

VOLTAMMETRY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOMARKER; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGAND; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; SENSOR;

APTAMER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; SYSTEMATIC EVOLUTION OF LIGANDS BY EXPONENTIAL ENRICHMENT APTAMER TECHNIQUE;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BIOMARKERS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; SELEX APTAMER TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84973522316     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2016.05.006     Document Type: Review

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