Detection of Non-Amplified Genomic DNA

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Spoto, Giuseppe (Editor), Corradini, Roberto (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Soft and Biological Matter,
• Subjects: Physics.; Analytical chemistry.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Analytical Chemistry.; Biomedical Engineering.

This book offers a state-of-the-art overview on non amplified DNA detection methods and provides chemists, biochemists, biotechnologists and material scientists with an introduction to these methods. In fact all these fields have dedicated resources to the problem of nucleic acid detection, each con...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• List of contributors
• Part I DNA analysis: current issues
• 1 Genetic analyses in health laboratories: current status and expectations
• 2 DNA analyses in food safety and quality: current status and expectations
• Part II Advanced materials for ultrasensitive analysis
• 3 Engineered nanostructures for ultrasensitive DNA detection
• 4 Advanced molecular probes for sequence-specific DNA recognition
• 5 Charged conjugated polymers
• 6 Optical detection of non-amplified genomic DNA
• 7 Electrochemical detection of DNA using nanomaterials-based sensors
• 8 Piezoelectric sensing for sensitive detection of DNA
• 9 Surface plasmon resonance-based methods
• 10 Parallel optical and electrochemical DNA detection
• 11 Recent advances in DNA sequencing technologies
• Subject Index.