Real-time aptapcr: a novel approach exploiting nucleic acid aptamers for ultrasensitive detection of analytes for clinical diagnostic and in food analysis

The thesis aimed to develop and characterize a novel detection approach, which we termed aptaPCR exploiting nucleic acid aptamers as combined recognition and reporter biocomponents for the ultrasensitive detection of analytes. Nucleic acid aptamers are synthetic ligands selected from vast combinator...

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Autor: Pinto, Alessandro
Formato: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Rovira i virgili (URV)
Repositorio:Repositori Institucional de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili
OAI Identifier:oai:urv.cat:TDX:1059
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX1059
http://hdl.handle.net/10803/80744
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:577 - Bioquímica. Biologia molecular. Biofísica
543 - Química analítica
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Resumo:The thesis aimed to develop and characterize a novel detection approach, which we termed aptaPCR exploiting nucleic acid aptamers as combined recognition and reporter biocomponents for the ultrasensitive detection of analytes. Nucleic acid aptamers are synthetic ligands selected from vast combinatorial libraries through a process referred to as SELEX – Systematic Evolution of Ligand By Exponential Enrichment. As compared to other natural and synthetic receptor, aptamers possess unique chemical and biochemical characteristics, such as: a well known chemistry, remarkable stability, an ability to be selected against virtually any target even in non-physiological conditions