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Highly Sensitive and Rapid Fluorescence Detection with a Portable FRET Analyzer
Published on: October 1, 2016
Single-step turn-on homogeneous fluorescent immunosensor for rapid, sensitive, and selective detection of proteins
Dan Wang1, Xiaocui Zhu, Dongqin Zhao
1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, and College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Abstract:
Quick & easy: A simple and positive-readout fluorescent immunosensor was developed based on a quencher composed of a 3 nm gold nanoparticle (GNP) covalently linked to a Fab fragment, which proved to be stable and specific. The method allows for direct and sensitive detection of target antigens in homogeneous solutions in one step without any separation steps. It has been successfully applied to rapidly quantify the amount of secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) in human saliva samples.

