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- Björk, Per, et al.
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Conjugated polythiophene probes target lysosome-related acidic vacuoles in cultured primary cells
- 2007
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Ingår i: Molecular and Cellular Probes. - : Elsevier BV. - 0890-8508. ; 21:5-6, s. 329-337
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Conformation-sensitive optical probes for studying biological processes and structures are of great interest. The present work shows for the first time that conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE) probes can be used for specific targeting of chromatin, nuclear and cytoplasmatic vesicles, and cytoskeletal components in a complex system of cultured cells. One of the probes could also be used for vital staining of live cells. When bound to different entities, the polythiophene derivative probes emitted light with different colors due to the unique spectral properties of these conformation sensitive probes. The physical pre-requisites for binding could also be exploited for characterization of the target. Unexpectedly, lysosome-related acidic vacuoles were targeted in cultured primary cells by both anionic, cationic, and zwitter-ionic polythiophene derivatives. Pre-treatment with Bafilomycin A1, a specific inhibitor of vacuolar-type H+-ATPase, caused redistribution of the staining. The targeting of lysosome-related acidic vesicles could not be demonstrated in transformed cells (melanoma, neuroblastoma, and prostate cancer cell lines), indicating a difference in the localization, structure, accessibility, or quantity of the target in cultured normal cells as compared with the malignant cell lines. The chemical nature of the conjugated polyelectrolyte complex in the cytoplasmatic vacuoles remains elusive.
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- Gharizadeh, Baback, et al.
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Sentinel-base DNA genotyping using multiple sequencing primers for high-risk human papillomaviruses
- 2006
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Ingår i: Mol Cell Probes. - : Elsevier BV. ; 20:3-4, s. 230-238
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Despite the various technologies in place for genotyping human papillomaviruses (HPV), clinical use and clinical research demand a method that is fast, more reliable and cost-effective. The technology described here represents a breakthrough development in that direction. By combining the method of multiple sequencing primers with DNA sequencing, we have developed a rapid assay for genotyping HPV that relies on the identification of a single, type-specific 'sentinel' base. As described here, the prototype assay has been developed to recognize the 12 most high-risk HPV types (HPV-16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58 and 59) and is capable of recognizing and simultaneously genotyping multiple HPV co-infections. By providing sequence information on multiple HPV infections, this method eliminates the need for labor- and cost-intensive PCR cloning. These proof-of-concept studies establish the assay to be accurate, reliable, rapid, flexible, and cost-effective, providing evidence of the feasibility this technique for use in clinical settings.
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- Josefsen, M. H., et al.
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Diagnostic PCR : Comparative sensitivity of four probe chemistries
- 2009
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Ingår i: Molecular and Cellular Probes. - : Elsevier BV. - 0890-8508 .- 1096-1194. ; 23:3-4, s. 201-203
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Three probe chemistries: locked nucleic acid (LNA), minor groove binder (MGB) and Scorpion were compared with a TaqMan probe in a validated real-time PCR assay for detection of food-borne thermotolerant Campylobacter. The LNA probe produced significantly lower Ct-values and a higher proportion of positive PCR responses analyzing less than 150 DNA copies than the TaqMan probe. Choice of probe chemistry clearly has an impact on the sensitivity of PCR assays, and should be considered in an optimization strategy.
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- Lundberg, Gunilla A.
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A rapid one-tube PCR method for simultaneously differentiating homozygotes and heterozygotes of the Sp1 binding site polymorphism in collagen type I alpha 1
- 2007
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Ingår i: Molecular and Cellular Probes. - : Elsevier BV. - 0890-8508 .- 1096-1194. ; 21:3, s. 239-241
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Rapid detection of single-base changes is fundamental to molecular medicine. PCR amplification of specific alleles (PASA) has previously been used as a rapid method of genotyping single-nucleotide changes, but one reaction is required for each allele. This paper describes a Bidirectional PASA (Bi-PASA) method, which was developed to distinguish between homozygotes and heterozygotes in one PCR reaction. The method is tested using the Sp1 polymorphism in Collagen type la I. The results demonstrate that Bi-PASA is a simple and rapid method for detecting the zygosity of the polymorphism in a single PCR reaction. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Tärnberg, Maria, et al.
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Molecular identification of blaSHV, blaLEN and blaOKP β-lactamase genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae by bi-directional sequencing of universal SP6- and T7-sequence-tagged blaSHV-PCR amplicons
- 2009
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Ingår i: Molecular and Cellular Probes. - : Elsevier BV. - 0890-8508 .- 1096-1194. ; 23:3-4, s. 195-200
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Plasmid encoded blaSHV enzymes represent an important sub-group of class A β-lactamases causing an ESBL-phenotype which is increasingly found in Enterobacteriaceae including Klebsiella pneumoniae. The chromosomally encoded β-lactamase blaLEN and blaOKP enzymes, which so far only have been found in K. pneumoniae, do not hydrolyse extended-spectrum cephalosporins. In the present study, multiple displacement amplified DNA derived from 20 K. pneumoniae clinical isolates with a blaSHV-like genotype was used in a universal SHV PCR assay using SP6- (forward) and T7- (reverse) sequence-tagged primers. Identification and differentiation of blaSHV, blaLEN and blaOKP genes was obtained by bi-directional amplicon sequencing using SP6- and T7-specific primers. Three well characterised K. pneumoniae strains having a SHV-genotype were included in the study. The bi-directional amplicon sequencing, covering 800 bp (93%) of the blaSHV, blaLEN and blaOKP enzyme encoding sequences, allowed for an unequivocal discrimination of SHV, LEN and OKP genes. Moreover, sequencing revealed the presence of blaSHV allelic variants in six K. pneumoniae isolates in which the amplicons had to be cloned accordingly. Based on deduced amino-acid sequences, a dendrogram was constructed. Seventeen out of 20 K. pneumoniae isolates with an ESBL-phenotype formed a SHV-like cluster, two were LEN-like, and one isolate was OKP-like. The PCR-based molecular typing method described here enables a rapid, reliable and cost-effective identification and differentiation of blaSHV, blaOKP and blaLEN genes.
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