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Single-molecule detection: applications to ultrasensitive biochemical analysis

1995; Optica Publishing Group; Volume: 34; Issue: 18 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1364/ao.34.003218

0003-6935

Alonso Castro, E. B. Shera,

Biosensors and Analytical Detection

Recent developments in laser-based detection of fluorescent molecules have made possible the implementation of very sensitive techniques for biochemical analysis. We present and discuss our experiments on the applications of our recently developed technique of single-molecule detection to the analysis of molecules of biological interest. These newly developed methods are capable of detecting and identifying biomolecules at the single-molecule level of sensitivity. In one case, identification is based on measuring fluorescence brightness from single molecules. In another, molecules are classified by determining their electrophoretic velocities.