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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2005

Use of a locked-nucleic-acid oligomer in the clamped-probe assay for detection of a minority Pfcrt K76T mutant population of Plasmodium falciparum.

Alice Senescau, Antoine Berry, Françoise Benoit-Vical, Olfert Landt, Richard Fabre, Joël Lelièvre, Sophie Cassaing, Jean-François Magnaval

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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8 authors.

Alice SenescauDepartment of Parasitology, Rangueil University Hospital, 31059 Toulouse 9, France.
Antoine Berry
Françoise Benoit-Vical
Olfert Landt
Richard Fabre
Joël Lelièvre
Sophie Cassaing
Jean-François Magnaval

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given the emergence of drug resistance and the high rate of polyclonal microorganism infections, the availability of a fast and sensitive test to detect minority mutant populations would be an improvement in the diagnosis of infectious diseases. A clamped-probe real-time PCR assay to diagnose the Plasmodium falciparum K76T mutation in clone populations was developed, using a wild-type-specific locked-nucleic-acid-containing oligomer to suppress wild-type PCR amplification and to enhance melting analysis with a mutation-specific detection probe.

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MutationPeptide Nucleic AcidsAnimalsAntimalarialsChloroquineCodonDNA, ProtozoanDrug ResistanceHumansMalaria, FalciparumMembrane ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsParasitic Sensitivity TestsPlasmodium falciparumPolymerase Chain ReactionProtozoan ProteinsAntimalarialsChloroquineCodonDNA, ProtozoanMembrane ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsPeptide Nucleic AcidsPfCRT protein, Plasmodium falciparumProtozoan Proteins

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PMID16000452
PMCPMC1169138

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