Table S1. Table showing various significant QDs in proteomic applications
QD
CdSe-ZnS
QDs.
Protein analytes
Application
Methods
Ref.
histidine, cysteine, methionine, and tryptophan
[1]
oligohistidine fused proteins
[2]
thrombin
Flourescence
[3-5]
recombinant proteins
[6]
InGaP/ZnS
bovine serum albumin (BSA)
[7]
CdSe QDs
(Telomere associated proteins telomeric repeat
binding factor (TRF1, a 56 kDa protein) and TRF1interacting nuclear protein 2 (Tin2,40 kDa protein)
directly in cell lysate
[8]
QDs western blot
CdTe QDs
protein A
[9]
CdSe/ZnS
QDs
carcinoembryonic antigen CEA
[10]
CdSe/ZnS
QDs
TNF-α, IL-8, IL-6, MIP-1β, IL-13 and IL-1β
CdSe/ZnS
prostate specific antigens (PSAs)
Protein chip
[11]
Cancer protein
chip
[13]
Insulin
CdS QDs
Protein and peptides
[12]
Mass
spectrometry
Cytochrome, HSA, BSA.
[14]
[15]
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