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Nucleic Acid Biosensors for Environmental Pollution Monitoring
Edited by
Marco Mascini;
Marco Mascini
University of Florence, Italy
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Ilaria Palchetti
Ilaria Palchetti
University of Florence, Italy
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Hardback ISBN:
978-1-84973-131-7
PDF ISBN:
978-1-84973-269-7
Special Collection:
2011 ebook collection
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2011 ebook collection
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2011-2015 analytical chemistry subject collection
No. of Pages:
176
Publication date:
28 Apr 2011
Book Chapter
Chapter 5: Catalytic Nucleic Acid Biosensors for Environmental Monitoring
By
Nandini Nagraj
;
Nandini Nagraj
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana
IL-61801
USA
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Yi Lu
Yi Lu
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana
IL-61801
USA
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Published:28 Apr 2011
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Special Collection: 2011 ebook collection , 2011 ebook collection , 2011-2015 analytical chemistry subject collection
Page range:
82 - 98
Citation
N. Nagraj and Y. Lu, in Nucleic Acid Biosensors for Environmental Pollution Monitoring, ed. M. Mascini and I. Palchetti, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2011, ch. 5, pp. 82-98.
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The discovery that nucleic acids can perform catalytic functions in addition to being genetic information carriers has opened doors to a new paradigm in chemistry and biology. It was thought previously that all biological enzymes were proteins, but discoveries made over the last 30 years have changed this perception. In this chapter the properties of RNAzymes, DNAzymes, and aptazymes are illustrated. The application of these novel catalytic molecules to environmental monitoring is discussed.
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