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We designed 43,392 unique oligonucleotide probes representing 19,274 genes (93% of the estimated total gene number), and tested the hybridization performance of both DNA and RNA from different populations to determine the efficacy of probe design for transcriptome analysis using the Agilent array pl...
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PMID: 19744352
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Forty-two out of the ninety-eight suspected tissues examined had culture properties characteristic of mycobacteria from which 31 isolates yielded interpretable spoligotypes. This technique showed good discriminatory power (HGDI = 0.98), revealing 10 different spoligotype patterns. Twenty-seven isola...
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PMID: 19619309
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We present a detailed protocol for performing nanopore force spectroscopy on DNA duplexes using one or more alpha-hemolysin nanopores. We present the details of the measurement of the duplex survival probability under force, and show that dissociation time scales for duplexes that are perfectly comp...
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PMID: 19488698
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DNA replication studies often rely on analysis of replication intermediates, such as progressing replication forks and growing nascent strands. The assay presented here for replication at telomeres in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is based on the analysis of nascent DNA strands prior to the lig...
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PMID: 19563106
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Cyathostome populations in horses on two farms located in central Italy with a history of fenbendazole (FBZ) resistance were investigated with the Faecal Egg Count Reduction Test to evaluate the susceptibility to oxibendazole and moxidectin. Faecal eggs were collected pre- and post-treatment on each...
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PMID: 18950625
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Shigella is the cause of shigellosis or bacillary dysentery, the occurrence of which is estimated to be 165 million cases per year worldwide, resulting in 1.1 million deaths. Rapid and reliable assays for detecting and identifying Shigella in food, environmental and clinical samples are therefore ne...
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PMID: 19074655
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To control the antibiotic resistance epidemic, it is necessary to understand the distribution of genetic material encoding antibiotic resistance in the environment and how anthropogenic inputs, such as wastewater, affect this distribution. Approximately two-thirds of antibiotics administered to huma...
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PMID: 18997031
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Our specific probe design, hybridisation and signal transduction paths make the analytical process remarkably simple, relatively low cost and, thus, well suited for low throughput analysis of clinically relevant samples....
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PMID: 19082174
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RTPrimerDB (http://www.rtprimerdb.org) is a freely accessible database and analysis tool for real-time quantitative PCR assays. RTPrimerDB includes records with user submitted assays that are linked to genome information from reference databases and quality controlled using an in silico assay evalua...
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PMID: 18948285
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OligoArrayDb is a comprehensive database containing pangenomic oligonucleotide microarray probe sets designed for most of the sequenced genomes that are not covered by commercial catalog arrays. The availability of probe sequences, associated with custom microarray fabrication services offered by ma...
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PMID: 18948290
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The glass bead is a new biochip support material for immobilization biomolecules, due to its independence and convenient rearrangement. In order to optimize the immobilization efficiency of oligonucleotides onto glass beads and obtain the highest hybridization efficiency, three commonly used couplin...
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PMID: 18491234
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The real-time PCR assay is a valid alternative of the standard plate-based assay. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The real-time PCR assay decreased the time between sample collection and result from 2 days to 2 h, while analysis cost did not increase. The gelatine-producing industry can ensure...
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PMID: 19018957
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A novel fluorescent oligonucleotide probe containing pyrene-labeled C8 alkylamino-substituted 2'-deoxyguanosine and a practically useful 3'- and 5'- ends-free self-quenched molecular beacons (MB) were designed. A unique MB detectable by pyrene excimer fluorescence was also demonstrat...
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PMID: 19749300
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We designed tandems of oligo(2'-O-methylribonucleotides) conjugates containing two bispyrene (5'-bisPyr and 3'-bisPyr) groups on their junction for detection of C677T polymorphism in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene (MHTFR). The potential of SNP detection with multipyrene tandems of olig...
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PMID: 19749301
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We describe a new ferrocene-based redox-reporter that electronically couples to the DNA Pi-electron system.
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PMID: 19749302
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We developed a new nucleic acid-based fluorescence probe for protein detection. The method is based on the scission of an aptamer into two probes, which are then attached with a chemically reactive fluorogenic compound. The protein-dependent association of the two probes accelerates a chemical react...
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PMID: 19749308
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We have developed a method for the detection of the endonuclease III reaction by fluorescence. The probes were 13-base-pair hairpin-shaped oligonucleotides containing one of the isomers of thymine glycol or 5,6-dihydrothymine as a damaged base at the center, and had a fluorophore and a quencher at t...
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PMID: 19749336
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Several base-modified duplex-stabilizing deoxyribonucleoside 5′-triphosphates (dNTPs) have been evaluated as agents for enhancing the hybridization properties of primers and probes in real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). It was shown that pyrimidines substituted at the 5-position with bromine...
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PMID: 19046073
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Smokers and never-smokers exhibited a similar and significant reduction in total bacteria counts over time. Irrespective of smoking status, deep sites consistently harbored greater quantities of total bacteria throughout the study. Higher numbers of the bacteria investigated were associated with ble...
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PMID: 19053920
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We report here a solution-based sandwich hybridization assay for the quantification of mRNAs from Escherichia coli without the need of prior RNA isolation. This assay makes use of four DNA oligonucleotide probes adjacently hybridizing to target RNA in clarified cell extracts. Two helper probes facil...
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PMID: 18952865
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A novel method of one-step preparation of dual-labeled gold nanoparticle bio-probes was established by the electrostatic adsorption and the covalent bonding of gold nanoparticles with antibodies and thiol-modified oligonucleotides, respectively. Characterization of probes, the coverage and activity...
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PMID: 18670737
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We screened several highly destabilizing analogs of G and C for one that could be used with 2-aminoadenine (nA) and 2-thiothymine (sT) to generate structure-free DNA that is fully accessible to complementary probes. The analogs, which included bioactive bases such as 6-thioguanine (sG), 5-nitrocytos...
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PMID: 18987000
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We describe a method to identify and recover minor human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) sequence variants from a complex population. The original heteroduplex tracking assay (HTA) was modified by incorporating a biotin tag into the probe to allow for direct sequence determination of the query...
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PMID: 18948297
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