Table of contents : Front Cover Preface About the Editor Acknowledgments Contributors Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Prospects for the De Novo Design of Nucleic Acid Biosensors Chapter 3: Biosensors Based on Periplasmic Binding Proteins Chapter 4: Molecular Beacon DNA Probes Based on Fluorescence Biosensing Chapter 5: Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer-Based Sensors for Bioanalysis Chapter 6: Carbonic Anhydrase-Based Biosensing of Metal Ions: Issues and Future Prospects Chapter 7: Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence Sensing Chapter 8: Subpicomolar Assays of Antibodies and DNA Using Phosphorescence Labels Chapter 9: Development of Fluorescent Dipyrrolylquinoxaline-Based Anion Sensors Chapter 10: Lab-on-a-Chip and Fluorescence Sensing on the Microscale Chapter 11: The Array Biosensors Chapter 12: Planar Waveguide Biosensors for Point-of-Care Clinical and Molecular Diagnostics Chapter 13: Fluorescence-Based Sensors for Bioprocess Monitoring Chapter 14: Practical Aspects of Fluorescence Analysis of Free Zinc Ion in Biological Systems: pZn for the Biologist Index A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Color Plates