A lateral-flow immunochromatography (IC) assay for the detection of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has been developed by using two mouse monoclonal antibodies to the nucleocapsid protein of hMPV. The purpose of this study was to compare the virus detection rate in nasopharyngeal secretions by the IC assay with that by real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). We collected nasopharyngeal swab ...

BACKGROUND There is an increasing need for quantitative technologies suitable for molecular detection in a variety of settings for applications including food traceability and monitoring of genetically modified (GM) crops and their products through the food processing chain. Conventional molecular diagnostics utilising real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and fluorescence-based determin...

A cDNA encoding the chicken orthologue of dendritic cell-lysosomal associated membrane protein (DC-LAMP)/CD208 was cloned by RT-PCR from RNA isolated from mature chicken bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (chBM-DCs). The cloned chicken DC-LAMP (chDC-LAMP) cDNA consists of 1281 nucleotides encoding an open reading frame of 426 amino acids (aa). Comparison of the deduced aa sequence of DC-LAMP w...

We developed a one-step, single-tube genogroup-specific reverse transcription–loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assay for the detection of group B Coxsackie genomes targeting 5’ UTR region. The amplification can be obtained in less than 1 h by incubating all of the reagents in a single tube with reverse transcriptase and Bst DNA polymerase at 63°C. Detection of gene amplification...

Abbreviations: Adeno-associated virus, (AAV); bacilli Calmette-Guerin, (BCG); base pairs, (bp); cottontail rabbit papilloma virus, (CRPV); E6-associated protein, (E6-AP); epidermal growth factor receptor, (EGFR); histone deacetylases, (HDAC); human papillomavirus, (HPV); inverted terminal repeats, (ITRs); listerolysin O, (LLO); of lysosome-associated membrane protein, (LAMP); open reading frame...

-A SPICE compat ib le model o f High Intens i ty Discharge (HID) lamps was developed and ver i f i ed aga ins t exper imenta l resu l t s . The mode l i s based on fundamental phys ica l thermal pr inc ip l e s and app l i e s lamp parameters and universal c o n s t a n t s . The model was found to fa i thfu l ly emulate the stat ic and e lectr ical responses of a High Pressure Sodium lamp unde...