A simple, low-cost platform for real-time isothermal nucleic acid amplification

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 23418-23430

  Craw, Pascal ^a,b   Mackay, Ruth E ^a   Naveenathayalan, Angel ^a   Hudson, Chris ^a   Branavan, Manoharanehru ^a   Sadiq, S Tariq ^c   Balachandran, Wamadeva ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Helicase dependent amplification; Isothermal amplification; Molecular diagnostics; Nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT); Point of care

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; COSTS; FABRICATION; FLUORESCENCE; ISOTHERMS; MICROFLUIDICS; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF COMPONENTS; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPES; HELICASE-DEPENDENT AMPLIFICATIONS; ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATIONS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; POINT OF CARE; TEMPERATURE REGULATIONS;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

DNA HELICASE;

COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; LAB ON A CHIP; METABOLISM; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DNA HELICASES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84942045546     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150923418     Document Type: Article

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