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Integrated microfluidic tmrna purification and real-time nasba device for molecular diagnostics

Dimov, Ivan K.
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Garcia-Cordero, Jose L.
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O'Grady, Justin
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Poulsen, Claus R.
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Viguier, Caroline
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Kent, Lorcan
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Daly, Paul
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Lincoln, Bryan
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Maher, Majella
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O'Kennedy, Richard
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2008-01-01
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sequence-based amplification, DNA extraction, listeria-monocytogenes, sample preparation, pcr detection, cell-lysis, beacons, systems, identification, pathogens
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Dimov, Ivan K. Garcia-Cordero, Jose L.; O'Grady, Justin; Poulsen, Claus R.; Viguier, Caroline; Kent, Lorcan; Daly, Paul; Lincoln, Bryan; Maher, Majella; O'Kennedy, Richard; Smith, Terry J.; Ricco, Antonio J.; Lee, Luke P. (2008). Integrated microfluidic tmrna purification and real-time nasba device for molecular diagnostics. Lab on a Chip 8 (12), 2071-2078
Abstract
We demonstrate the first integrated microfluidic tmRNA purification and nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) device incorporating real-time detection. The real-time amplification and detection step produces pathogen-specific response in < 3 min from the chip-purified RNA from 100 lysed bacteria. On-chip RNA purification uses a new silica bead immobilization method. On-chip amplification uses custom-designed high-selectivity primers and real-time detection uses molecular beacon fluorescent probe technology; both are integrated on-chip with NASBA. Present in all bacteria, tmRNA (10Sa RNA) includes organism-specific identification sequences, exhibits unusually high stability relative to mRNA, and has high copy number per organism; the latter two factors improve the limit of detection, accelerate time-to-positive response, and suit this approach ideally to the detection of small numbers of bacteria. Device efficacy was demonstrated by integrated on-chip purification, amplification, and real-time detection of 100 E. coli bacteria in 100 mu L of crude lysate in under 30 min for the entire process.
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Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
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10.1039/b812515e
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland
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