%0 Journal Article
%T Environmentally Sensitive Fluorescent Sensors Based on Synthetic Peptides
%A Laurence Choulier
%A Karin Enander
%J Sensors
%D 2010
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/s100403126
%X Biosensors allow the direct detection of molecular analytes, by associating a biological receptor with a transducer able to convert the analyte-receptor recognition event into a measurable signal. We review recent work aimed at developing synthetic fluorescent molecular sensors for a variety of analytes, based on peptidic receptors labeled with environmentally sensitive fluorophores. Fluorescent indicators based on synthetic peptides are highly interesting alternatives to protein-based sensors, since they can be synthesized chemically, are stable, and can be easily modified in a site-specific manner for fluorophore coupling and for immobilization on solid supports.
%K peptide biosensors
%K environmentally-sensitive fluorophore
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/4/3126