title: Quantum dots for single bio-molecule imaging.
abstract: The emerging nanomaterial, quantum dots or QDs, offers numerous potential applications in the biological area. As cell labeling probes, QDs become now an alternative of existing organic fluorescent dyes and fluorescent proteins. In this short review, we cover typical and successful applications of QDs as fluorescent probes in cell labeling and genomic diagnosis. As a future important application, biomolecular detection at a single molecule level utilizing QDs is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan. kaji@apchem.nagoya-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Noritada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaji
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tokeshi
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Baba
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000276:immunology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006801:Humans; D036103:Nanotechnology; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D014116:Toxicology
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D011506:Proteins