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Influenza
Studies from University of Agriculture provide new data on influenza
May 19th, 2009
According to recent research from Koganei, Japan, "We have detected PCR products from Salmonella spp. and Influenza A virus using Zn finger protein Zif268 and Sp1, respectively. Previously, we demonstrated a novel method of rapid and specific detection of PCR products from Legionella pneumophila genome using Zn finger protein Sp1." "In principle, this methodology might be applied to the detection of most bacteria and viruses using various Zn finger proteins. Here, to demonstrate the wider applicability of our method, we detected PCR products from Salmonella spp. and the Influenza A virus. BLAST data indicated the Zif268 and Sp1 recognition sequence were located on the...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-05-19)
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