Bioluminescent Quantitation and Detection of Gene Expression Drug Infectious Disease

Author: Actor J.K.

Source: Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening, Volume 3, Number 4, August 2000 , pp. 273-288(16)

Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers

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Abstract:

Abstract: By combining the advantages of RT-PCR with the sensitivity of bioluminescence using the photoprotein aequorin, a bioluminescence assay has been applied to the determination of message regulation during infectious disease. The bioluminescence produced by the aequorin conjugate covers more than seven logs concentration, of which approximately five logs produces a linear relationship between product and bioluminescence signal. Aequorin - based bioluminescent detection protocols for mRNA are sensitive into the attomolar range, which obligate fewer cycles of PCR and avoid the plateau effect traditionally associated with other noncompetitive RT-PCR techniques. Additional advantages of aequorin-based bioluminescence methods are ease of automation, compatibility with microtiter plate format, low cost, and flexibility.

Keywords: Messenger RNA profiles; Bioluminescent Quantitation; Infectious Disease; Bioluminescent detection protocols; aequorin-based bioluminescence methods; Bioluminescent Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Ch; Bioluminescent Diagnostic Assay for Infectious Age

Language: English

Document Type: Review article

DOI: 10.2174/1386207003331580

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