Detección en tiempo real de la actividad de la telomerasa utilizando la amplificación isotérmica exponencial del

Leilei Tian1, Yossi Weizmann

  • 1Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States.

Resumen

Un nuevo ensayo llamado amplificación isotérmica exponencial de la repetición de telómeros (EXPIATR) puede detectar la actividad de la telomerasa en las células cancerosas rápida y fácilmente. Este método sensible mide la longitud de los telómeros y es útil para la investigación del cáncer y los estudios de envejecimiento.

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