Microcantilever apparatus and methods for detection of enzymes, enzyme substrates, and enzyme effectors
US7141385B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 17, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 16, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/54373
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and a method are provided for detecting an enzyme, or or for detecting a substrate of an enzyme or for detecting an enzyme effector such as an inhibitor, by measuring a change in deflection of a microcantilever having a substrate or an enzyme, respectively, attached to a surface of the microcantilever.
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