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dc.contributor.authorHuang, Po-Jung Jimmy
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Minchuan
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Juewen
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-28 20:55:41 (GMT)
dc.date.available2017-02-28 20:55:41 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2013-01-31
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1515/revac-2012-0027
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/11380
dc.descriptionThe final publication is available from De Gruyter through http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/revac-2012-0027en
dc.description.abstractBacterial infection represents one of the leading causes of disease and death, and as such, bacterial detection is an important step in managing infectious diseases. The current protocol requires growing cell cultures, which can take several days. Fast detection of low copies of bacterial cells has thus posed an analytical challenge. Among the new strategies developed to achieve this goal, functional nucleic acids (FNAs) have emerged to be a promising platform. FNAs include DNAzymes, aptamers, and aptazymes, all of which can recognize analytes other than complementary nucleic acids. FNAs are obtained using a combinatorial biology technique called systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX). FNAs have been isolated against not only purified proteins and surface markers from bacterial cells but also whole cells. A diverse range of signaling mechanisms including fluorescence, color, and electrochemistry-based detection has been reported. Although the majority of current sensors cannot achieve single-cell sensitivity, with improved combinatorial selection techniques and the incorporation of nanomaterials to realize multivalent binding and signal amplification, FNAs represent a feasible solution for bacterial detection.en
dc.description.sponsorshipCanadian Institutes of Health Researchen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDe Gruyteren
dc.subjectaptamersen
dc.subjectbacteriaen
dc.subjectbiosensorsen
dc.subjectfluorescenceen
dc.titleFunctional nucleic acids for detecting bacteriaen
dc.typeArticleen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHuang, P.-J. J., Liu, M., & Liu, J. (2013). Functional nucleic acids for detecting bacteria. Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, 32(1). https://doi.org/10.1515/revac-2012-0027en
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Scienceen
uws.contributor.affiliation2Chemistryen
uws.contributor.affiliation2Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN)en
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusRevieweden
uws.scholarLevelFacultyen


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