Nucleic acid aptamers against biotoxins: A new paradigm toward the treatment and diagnostic approach

Nucleic Acid Therapeutics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 371-379

  Lauridsen, Lasse Holm ^a,b   Veedu, Rakesh N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Technical University of Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRIN; ANTHRAX TOXIN; APTAMER; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CHOLERA TOXIN; FUMONISIN B1; MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN; PLANT TOXIN; RICIN; SHIGA TOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOSENSOR; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA LIBRARY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; IC 50; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IONIC STRENGTH; LD 50; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ABRIN; ANIMALS; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYCOTOXINS; RICIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84870567743     PISSN: 21593337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/nat.2012.0377     Document Type: Review

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