Detection of miRNAs with a nanopore single-molecule counter

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 573-584

  Gu, Li Qun ^a   Wanunu, Meni ^b   Wang, Michael X ^c   McReynolds, Larry ^d   Wang, Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

^d New England Biolabs   (United States)

Author keywords

biomarker; biosensor; diagnostics; lung cancer; miRNA; nanopore; noninvasive detection; PCR

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 155;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NANOPORE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NANOPORES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84864583008     PISSN: 14737159     EISSN: 17448352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erm.12.58     Document Type: Review

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