Using Nature's "tricks" to Rationally Tune the Binding Properties of Biomolecular Receptors

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1884-1892

  Ricci, Francesco ^a   Vallée Bélisle, Alexis ^b   Simon, Anna J ^c   Porchetta, Alessandro ^a   Plaxco, Kevin W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR PROBE; MUTATION; PROCEDURES;

BIOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR PROBES; MUTATION;

EID: 84988643451     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00276     Document Type: Article

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