Journal
BIOTECHNIQUES
Volume 45, Issue 5, Pages 543-+Publisher
INFORMA HEALTHCARE
DOI: 10.2144/000112959
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- Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate [NBCHC070097]
- National Institutes of Health [AI066487]
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TaqMan probe (dual-labeled DNA probe)-based real-time detection, one of the most sensitive and specific fluorescent detection methods, has been widely utilized in conjunction with polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Helicase-dependent amplification (HDA) is an isothermal amplification technology that has a similar reaction scheme to PCR, but replaces thermocycling with a helicase capable of unwinding a DNA duplex. Here we describe a novel isothermal real-time detection method (HDA-TaqMan) that combines the advantages of both HDA and a TaqMan assay. In this assay, the reactions of DNA unwinding, primer annealing, polymerization, probe hybridization, and subsequent hydrolysis by the polymerase are coordinated and synchronized to perforin at a single temperature. It not only provides a useful tool for real-time detection of HDA, but also provides an isothermal format for the TaqMan system. With this platform, we have successfully developed rapid real-time isothermal assays for biodefense targets that include Vibrio cholerae and Bacillus anthracis.
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