Advances in isothermal amplification: Novel strategies inspired by biological processes

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 64, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-211

  Li, Jia ^a   Macdonald, Joanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Isothermal amplification; Nucleic acid amplification; Point of care; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CHAINS; ISOTHERMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; THERMAL CYCLING;

AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUE; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; ENZYMATIC MECHANISMS; ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATIONS; MOLECULAR ENGINEERING; NATURAL SYSTEMS; NOVEL STRATEGIES; POINT OF CARE;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA POLYMERASE; DNA;

DNA DENATURATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; HELICASE DEPENDENT AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; ISOTHERMAL NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; LAB ON A CHIP; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MECHANICAL PROBE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINASE POLYMERASE AMPLIFICATION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; ROLLING CIRCLE AMPLIFICATION; SIGNAL MEDIATED AMPLIFICATION OF RNA TECHNOLOGY; STRAND DISPLACEMENT AMPLIFICATION; ANIMAL; BIOMIMETICS; DEVICES; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; DNA; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84907176752     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: 18734235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2014.08.069     Document Type: Review

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