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The selection and application of ssDNA aptamers against MPT64 protein in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
1 Jan 2009
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BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem affecting millions of people worldwide. One-third of the world's population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiologic agent of TB. A simple and rapid method to diagnose TB is urgently needed to be developed. The procedure of systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) is a method in which single-stranded...
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