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Paper Abstract
The application of quantum dots (QDs) as labels in immunoassay microarrays for the multiplex detection of 3-
phenoxybenzoic acid (PBA) and atrazine-mercapturate (AM) has been demonstrated. PBA and AM are biomarkers of
exposure to the pyrethroid insecticides and to the herbicide atrazine, respectively. Microarrays were fabricated by
microcontact printing of the coating antigens in line patterns onto glass substrates. Competitive immunoassays were
successfully performed using quantum dots (QD560 and QD620) as reporters. The multiplexed immunoassays were
characterized by fluorescence microscopy and SEM. The application of QD fluorophores facilitates multiplex assays and
therefore can contribute to enhanced throughput in biomonitoring.
Paper Details
Date Published: 6 March 2007
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 6448, Colloidal Quantum Dots for Biomedical Applications II, 644817 (6 March 2007); doi: 10.1117/12.699231
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6448:
Colloidal Quantum Dots for Biomedical Applications II
Marek Osinski; Thomas M. Jovin; Kenji Yamamoto, Editor(s)
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 6448, Colloidal Quantum Dots for Biomedical Applications II, 644817 (6 March 2007); doi: 10.1117/12.699231
Show Author Affiliations
Mikaela Nichkova, Univ. of California, Davis Cancer Ctr. (United States)
Dosi Dosev, Univ. of California, Davis (United States)
Alexander E. Davies, Univ. of California, Davis Cancer Ctr. (United States)
Dosi Dosev, Univ. of California, Davis (United States)
Alexander E. Davies, Univ. of California, Davis Cancer Ctr. (United States)
Shirley J. Gee, Univ. of California, Davis Cancer Ctr. (United States)
Ian M. Kennedy, Univ. of California, Davis (United States)
Bruce D. Hammock, Univ. of California, Davis Cancer Ctr. (United States)
Ian M. Kennedy, Univ. of California, Davis (United States)
Bruce D. Hammock, Univ. of California, Davis Cancer Ctr. (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6448:
Colloidal Quantum Dots for Biomedical Applications II
Marek Osinski; Thomas M. Jovin; Kenji Yamamoto, Editor(s)
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