Photoproteins in Bioanalysis

Sylvia Daunert · Sapna K. Deo

dic 2006 · Vendido por John Wiley & Sons

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The use of light-emitting proteins for the detection of biomolecules provides fast and sensitive methods which overcome the disadvantages of radioactive labels and the high cost of fluorescent dyes.
This reference work summarizes modern advanced techniques and their applications and includes practical examples of assays based on photoproteins. The book presents contemporary key topics like luminescent marine organisms, DNA probes, reporter gene assays and photoproteins, ratiometric sensing, use of photoproteins for in vivo functional imaging and luminescent proteins in binding assays, to name just a few, and is complemented by recent advances in instrumentation.
Includes an introductory chapter by 2008 Chemistry Nobel laureate Osamu Shimomura.

Acerca del autor

Sylvia Daunert is the Gill Eminent Professor of Analytical and Biological Chemistry and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Kentucky. Her research interests lie in the area of bioanalytical chemistry, at the interface between analytical chemistry, molecular biology, and bioengineering. Dr. Daunert is the author or co-author of over 100 original research publications and of several patents in the area of bioanalytical chemistry. Her group's research has also been featured in textbooks, scientific journals, as well as in the press all over the world.


Sapna K. Deo is Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. She gained her PhD in bioanalytical chemistry from the University of Kentucky in 2000,where she also held the posts of postdoctoral fellow and assistant research professor. Dr. Deo has co-organized a symposium for the American Chemical Society, of which she is a member. She is a reviewer for several journals in the field.