Reagentless, Structure-Switching, Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensors

Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue , 2016, Pages 163-181

  Schoukroun Barnes, Lauren R ^a   Macazo, Florika C ^a   Gutierrez, Brenda ^a   Lottermoser, Justine ^a   Liu, Juan ^a   White, Ryan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding affinity; Biosensor; Charge transfer; Functional nucleic acid; Monolayers

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; BIOSENSORS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ENZYME SENSORS; MONOLAYERS; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS; ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE; BINDING AFFINITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNCTIONAL NUCLEIC ACIDS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE DETECTIONS; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION;

CHEMICAL DETECTION;

EID: 84975490071     PISSN: 19361327     EISSN: 19361335     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-071015-041446     Document Type: Review

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