Molecular Beacon Nano-Sensors for Probing Living Cancer Cells

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 347-359

  Kuang, Tairong ^a,b   Chang, Lingqian ^b   Peng, Xiangfang ^a   Hu, Xianglong ^c   Gallego Perez, Daniel ^b,d  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

^c SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer cells; heterogeneities; intracellular delivery; intracellular probes; molecular beacons; mRNAs

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; NANOSENSORS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROBES;

CANCER CELLS; HETEROGENEITIES; INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY; MOLECULAR BEACON; MRNAS;

DISEASES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; GLUTATHIONE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; VIRUS VECTOR; FLUORESCENT DYE; NANOMATERIAL;

CANCER CELL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTROPORATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE MUTATION; INJECTION; MOLECULAR BEACON; NANOSENSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MICE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85008697776     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.09.003     Document Type: Review

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