Advancements in using reporter DNAzymes for identifying pathogenic bacteria at speed and with convenience

Future Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 973-976

  Li, Yingfu ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aptamers; bacterial pathogens; biosensors; DNAzymes; fluorescence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CHAIN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DNA, CATALYTIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; METABOLOME; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SELEX APTAMER TECHNIQUE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80053555277     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.11.79     Document Type: Review

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