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Light-based detection of biomolecules

Horseradish peroxidase-labelled nucleic acid or antibody probes detected with enhanced chemiluminescence offer rapid, convenient and sensitive systems for membrane-based detection procedures in molecular biology.

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Durrant., I. Light-based detection of biomolecules. Nature 346, 297–298 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/346297a0

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