Aptamers for safety and quality assurance in the food industry: Detection of pathogens

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 445-454

  Kärkkäinen, Riikka M ^a   Drasbek, Mette Ryun ^b   McDowall, Ian ^a   Smith, Christopher J ^a   Young, Niall W G ^a,b   Bonwick, Graham A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISCO A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aptamers; Food borne pathogens; Pathogen detection; SELEX

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL-FREE; APTAMERS; BIO-MOLECULAR; FINANCIAL BENEFITS; FOOD INDUSTRIES; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; PATHOGEN DETECTION; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RAPID ASSAY; SELEX; TARGET MOLECULE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANTIBODIES; BIOSENSORS; FOOD SAFETY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

PATHOGENS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79951985839     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2010.02470.x     Document Type: Article

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