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Production and Targeting of Monovalent Quantum Dots
Published on: October 23, 2014
Immobilisation of quantum dots by bio-orthogonal PCR amplification and labelling for direct gene detection and
Quan Tian1, Winnie Wong, Yang Xu
1Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543.
Abstract:
A sensitive and versatile detection scheme based on quantum dot immobilisation on a solid support through bio-orthogonal PCR amplification and labelling has been developed for detection and quantification of gene targets in complex DNA mixtures.
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