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DNA Virus Detection System Based on RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a-SPM and Deep Learning
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The aggregation of Au nanoparticles by an autonomous DNA machine detects viruses
Moritz K Beissenhirtz1, Roey Elnathan, Yossi Weizmann
1Institute of Chemistry and the Farkas Center for Light-Induced Processes, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
Small (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|January 31, 2007
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