MICROCANTILEVER APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF ENZYMES

• Main Authors: SAUL, RICHARD, BOTTOMLEY, LAWRENCE, A, SHEN, SHANXIANG, GHOSH, MADHUSHREE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 02.10.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; ENZYMOLOGY; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICROMECHANICALDEVICES; MICROSTRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; SPIRITS; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; VINEGAR; WINE

An apparatus (Figure 1) and a method are provided for detecting an enzyme by measuring a change in defection of a microcantilever having a substrate for the enzyme. L'invention concerne un appareil et un procédé de détection d'une enzyme qui consiste à mesurer la déviation d'un microcantilever comportant un substrat prévu pour l'enzyme.