Application of a DNA-based luminescence switch-on method for the detection of mercury(II) ions in water samples from Hong Kong

Mercury is a highly toxic environmental contaminant that damages the endocrine and central nervous systems. In view of the contamination of Hong Kong territorial waters with anthropogenic pollutants such as trace heavy metals, we have investigated the application of our recently developed DNA-based...

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Main Authors: Hong-Zhang He, Ka-Ho Leung, Wai-Chung Fu, Daniel Shiu-Hin Chan, Chung-Hang Leung, Dik-Lung Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/044032