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DNA has become a major target for clinical laboratory testing over the past 5 years, and RNA testing is emerging for infectious disease and gene expression (1). To normalize laboratory results across different technology platforms as well as between
Talapady N. Bhat, Yadu D. Tewari, H Rodriguez, Robert N. Goldberg
Federal agencies, academia and industries have invested heavily in the development of structural and biothermodynamics data. However, the data are still largely distributed over several public and private archives leading to issues of inadequate
The Symposium on Metrology and Standards for Cell Signaling: Impact on Tissue Engineering, was held at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) on October 14-15, 2003. The purpose of the symposium, which was co-sponsored by NIST and ASTM
C Donald, F Qureshi, M J. Burns, Marcia J. Holden, J L. Blasic, A J. Woolford
Background: Currently, there are many different real-time amplification platforms. However, the results of DNA measurements from experiments performed on different platforms are not necessarily comparable and results may not be repeatable within
J P. Jakupciak, W. Wang, Maura E. Markowitz, D Ally, Michael D. Coble, Sudhir Srivastava, A Maitra, Peter E. Barker, David Sidransky, Catherine D. O'Connell
Catherine D. O'Connell, Donald H. Atha, J P. Jakupciak
Over the past 10 years, DNA testing to identify disease associated mutations and specific organisms, which represent public health and safety concerns, have become major targets for laboratory testing. RNA testing is also emerging for gene expression, both
Both infrared and Raman are increasingly applied in biomolecular structure characterization, thus getting acceptance alongside traditional bioanalytical techniques. Physical principles and biological sampling requirements are reviewed. Advanced
Lili Wang, Adolfas K. Gaigalas, J L. Blasic, Marcia J. Holden
We measured absorption and emission spectra, fluorescence quantum yield, anisotropy, fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), and melting temperature to characterize fluorescein- and tetramethyIrhodamine (TMR)-labeled oligonucleotides in solution and
Peter Vallone, Michael Coble, R S. Just, John M. Butler, Thomas J. Parsons
The typing of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located throughout the mitochondrial genome (mtGenome) allows for differentiation between individulas possessing an identical HVa/HV2 sequence. A set of 11 SNPs selected for separating the most common
The generation of reactive oxygen species may be both beneficial to cells, performing a function in inter- and intra-cellular signaling, and detrimental, modifying cellular bimolecules, accumulation of which has been associated with numerous diseases. Of
Proton transfer in bacteriorhodopsin from the cytoplasm to the extracellular side is initiated from protonated asp96 in the cytoplasmic region towards the deprotonated Schiff base. This occurs in the transition from the photocycle late M state to the N
Yadu D. Tewari, T. Ihara, Karen W. Phinney, M P. Mayhew
The time course and thermodynamics of the lipase-catalyzed transesterification reaction (benzl alcohol + butyl acetate = benzyl acetate + 1-butanol) has been studied in supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO 2), n-hexane, toluene, and neat media (no solvent
J P. Jakupciak, Wenhua Wang, Peter E. Barker, S Srivastava, Donald H. Atha
Activation of telomerase plays a critical role in unlimited proliferation and immortalization of cells. Telomerase activity has been shown to correlate with tumor progression, indicating that tumors expressing this enzyme posses aggressive clinical
Veerasamy Ravichandran, Ram D. Sriram, G L. Gilliland
MitoMorphy uses a number of publicly available human mitochondrial DNA sequences from different ethnic groups to compare and annotate the associated polymorphic data. It provides an integrated display of mitochondrial DNA sequence comparison, sequence
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