Rapid detection of biothreat agents based on cellular machinery.
Description:
This research addresses rapid and sensitive identification of biological agents in a complex background. We attempted to devise a method by which the specificity of the cellular transcriptional machinery could be used to detect and identify bacterial bio-terror agents in a background of other organisms. Bacterial cells contain RNA polymerases and transcription factors that transcribe genes into mRNA for translation into proteins. RNA polymerases in conjunction with transcription factors recogni…
more
Date:
December 1, 2004
Creator:
Lane, Todd W. & Gantt, Richard W.
Item Type:
Refine your search to only
Report
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department