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Biosensing and imaging based on bioluminescence resonance energy transfer

Zuyong Xia1, Jianghong Rao

  • 1Department of Radiology & Bio-X Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5484, USA.

Current Opinion in Biotechnology
|February 14, 2009
PubMed
Summary

Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) using quantum dots (QDs) offers advantages for in vivo imaging and biosensing. QDs enhance BRET-based bioassays and imaging applications due to their unique optical properties.

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