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Hijacking the self-replicating machine of bacteriophage for PCR-based cascade signal amplification in detecting SARS-CoV-2 viral marker protein in serum

In this work, the nucleic acid detection of SARS-Cov-2 is extended to protein markers of the virus, utilizing bacteriophage. Specifically, the phage display technique enables the main protease of SARS-Cov-2 to control the self-replication of m13 phage, so that the presence of the viral protease can...

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Autores principales: Du, Jialei, Xiang, Daili, Liu, Fushan, Wang, Leichen, Li, Hao, Gong, Liu, Fan, Xiangyu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9560943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36267643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2022.132780
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Sumario:In this work, the nucleic acid detection of SARS-Cov-2 is extended to protein markers of the virus, utilizing bacteriophage. Specifically, the phage display technique enables the main protease of SARS-Cov-2 to control the self-replication of m13 phage, so that the presence of the viral protease can be amplified by phage replication as the first round of signal amplification. Then, the genome of replicated phage can be detected using polymer chain reaction (PCR), as the second round of signal amplification. Based on these two types of well-established biotechnology, the proposed method shows satisfactory sensitivity and robustness in the direct serum detection of the viral protease. These results may point to clinical application in the near future.