Microchip-based capillary electrophoretic analysis of telomerase activity for cancer diagnostics

Biochip Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-48

  Kim, Se Jin ^a   Choi, Seok Jin ^a   Neelamegam, Rameshkumar ^a   Seo, Tae Seok ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer diagnostics; Capillary electrophoretic microdevice; Polymerase chain reaction; Telomerase; Telomeric repeat amplification

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMPLICONS; AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOLS; CANCER CELLS; CANCER DIAGNOSTICS; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH SENSITIVE DETECTION; HUMAN BREAST CANCER CELLS; HUMAN CANCER; HUMAN CELLS; HUMAN LUNG CANCER CELLS; HUMAN NEUROBLASTOMA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICRO DEVICES; MICROFABRICATED; SAMPLE CONSUMPTION; SAMPLE PREPARATION; TANDEM REPEATS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE ACTIVITY; TELOMERE LENGTH; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION;

DISEASES;

TELOMERASE;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LUNG CANCER; MICROCHIP ELECTROPHORESIS; NEUROBLASTOMA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL;

EID: 77956693271     PISSN: 19760280     EISSN: 20927843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13206-010-4107-y     Document Type: Article

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