Liposome polymerase chain reaction assay for the sub-attomolar detection of cholera toxin and botulinum neurotoxin type A

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2003-2011

  Mason, Jeffrey T ^a   Xu, Lixin ^a,c   Sheng, Zong Mei ^a   He, Junkun ^a   O'Leary, Timothy J ^b  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA; GANGLIOSIDE; LIPOSOME; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCAPSULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; LIPOSOME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CHOLERA TOXIN; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34248640116     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.331     Document Type: Article

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