1. Edition - April 2009
65.90 Euro
2009. XVIII, 173 Pages, Hardcover
56 Fig. (43 Colored Fig.), 15 Tab. 
- Practical Approach Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-32275-2
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-32275-6 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






Content

Sample Chapter

Index



Short description
A comprehensive and up-to-date overview of microarray detection methods for highly dangerous BSL3 and BSL4 agents, this is a must-have for all laboratories working with these pathogens as well as public health agencies focused on bioterrorism.

From the contents
Preface (Kostic, Butaye, Schrenzel)
Introduction on Microarray-based Detection Methods (Schrenzel, Kostic, Bodrossy, Francois)
METHODS
Long-oligonucleotide Microarray-based Microbial Detection (Kostic, Bodrossy)
Sequence-specific End-labelling of Oligonucleotides (SSELO) (Kostic, Bodrossy)
Non-cognate Approaches for Pathogen Detection on Microarrays (Schrenzel, Francois, Hernandez, Hibbs, Huyghe, Charbonnier)
Patterning Techniques for Array Platforms (Piskin, Garipcan, Demirel, Caglayan)
Probe Immobilization Techniques in Array Technologies (Piskin, Caglayan, Duman)
IDENTIFICATION
Low-Cost-and-Density (LCD)-Microarrays - a Novel Technique for Identification and Typing of Microorganisms (Frangoulidis, Heiser, Landt, Meyer)
DNA Microarray Technique for Detection and Identification of Viruses Causing Encephalitis and Hemorrhagic Fever (Nordstroem, Falk, Nilsson, Lundkvist)
Microarrays for genomotyping of pathogens (Kieboom, Voskamp, Broekhuijsen)
TYPING
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) as Targets for DNA-array Based Identification and Typing of BSL3 Bacteria (Wattiau, Vos, Fretin)
Use of a Microchip to Detect Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Bacillus anthracis (Perreten, Frey)
QUALITY CONTROL
Progress Toward Development of Microarrays for Routine Diagnostic Use for Detection of Select High Risk Pathogens (Kempsell, Shah, Sherwin, Vipond, Silman)