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  title info:
    title: Nucleic acid biosensors for environmental pollution monitoring
  name:
    name part: Mascini, Marco
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Palchetti, Ilaria
    role:
      role term: editor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2011
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (x, 176 pages) : illustrations (some color)
  abstract: Nucleic acids are the fundamental building blocks of life and are found in all living things. In recent years, their functions have been shown to extend beyond the Watson-Crick base pair recognition of complementary strands. Molecules (known as aptamers) consisting of 40-50 nucleotides have been isolated that are able to bind a broad range of molecules with high affinity and specificity. The molecules recognized by aptamers range from small organic molecules to proteins, cells and even intact viral particles. Catalytic DNA molecules called NAzymes (RNAzyme or DNAzyme) have also been shown to exist and, when combined with aptamers, are known as aptazymes. These biomolecules can be used to develop smart and innovative biosensors for environmental analysis. Monitoring of contaminants in the air, water and soil is a key component in understanding and managing risks to human health and ecosystems. This, in conjunction with the time and cost involved in traditional chemical analysis, means there is a growing need for simple, rapid, cost-effective and portable screening methods. Biosensors are compact devices which complement current field screening and monitoring methods. This book demonstrates the incredible opportunities that nucleic acids can offer to environmental analytical chemistry. The chapters: show how nucleic acids have a pivotal role in the development of smart biosensors for environmental monitoring; describe the development of biosensors based on aptamers and NAzymes for the detection of organic and inorganic pollutants; deal with the use of nucleic acid based biosensors for environmental toxicity screening, and detail the use of nanomaterials, as well as miniaturization and lab-on-a-chip technologies, for nucleic acid based biosensing systems.
  table of contents: Biosensor techniques for environmental monitoring; Nucleic acids as biorecognition element in biosensor development; Genosensing environmental pollution; Aptamer based biosensor for environmental monitoring; Catalytic nucleic acid biosensors for environmental monitoring; Nucleic acid-based biosensors for the detection of DNA damage; Detection of damage to DNA using electrochemical and piezoelectric DNA-based biosensors; New trends in DNA sensors for environmental applications. Nanomaterials, miniaturisation and lab-on-a-chip technology; Conclusions and criticisms.
  note: edited by Marco Mascini and Ilaria Palchetti.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Biosensors
  subject:
    topic: Environmental monitoring
  subject:
    topic: Nucleic acids
    topic: Biotechnology
  subject:
    topic: Analytical chemistry
  subject:
    topic: Biosensors
  subject:
    topic: Environmental monitoring
  subject:
    topic: Nucleic acids
    topic: Biotechnology
  subject:
    topic: SCIENCE
    topic: Chemistry
    topic: Organic
  classification: QD433 .N83 2011eb
  classification: 547/.7
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Nucleic acid biosensors for environmental pollution monitoring
    origin info:
      publisher: Cambridge, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry, ©2011
    identifier: (OCoLC)698170850
  identifier: 1849732698
  identifier: 9781849732697
  identifier: 1849731314
  identifier: 9781849731317
  identifier: T3397 Royal Society of Chemistry
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  record info:
    record content source: UKRSC
    record creation date: 110519
    record change date: 20210728140513.0
    record identifier: in00004357817
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng