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Aptamer-Based Technology for Food Analysis by Xiaofei Liu; Xuewu Zhang is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Aptamer-Based Technology for Food Analysis about?
Aptamers are short and functional single-stranded oligonucleotide sequences selected from systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) process, which have the capacity to recognize various classes of target molecules with high affinity and specificity. Various analytical aptamers acquired by SELEX are widely used in many research fields, such as medicine, biology, and chemistry. However, the application of this innovative and emerging technology to food safety is just in infant stage. Food safety plays a very important role in our daily lives because varieties of poisonous and harmful substances in food affect human health. Aptamer technique is promising, which can overcome many disadvantages of existing detection methods in food safety, such as long detection time, low sensitivity, difficult, and expensive antibody preparation. This review provides an overview of various aptamer screening technologies and summarizes the recent applications of aptamers in food safety, and future prospects are also discussed.
Who reads Aptamer-Based Technology for Food Analysis?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.
- Author
- Xiaofei Liu; Xuewu Zhang
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)