Adapting Toehold Switches to Detect Zika Virus
Type
Blog Post
Published
Aug. 30, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
...publication at Addgene
2. Green, Alexander A., et al. "Toehold switches: de-novo-designed regulators of gene...Specifically this includes primer directed isothermal RNA amplification, new toehold switch designs, CRISPR/Cas9...is an Assistant professor at the Biodesign Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics and the School of...development of diagnostics. Mostly transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes (aegypti and albopictus) and, aided by... toehold switches, which allow for the rational design of RNA sensors that can detect virtually any RNA...areas conducive to the spread of the virus by the Aedes mosquito (Messina et al, 2016). We quickly assembled...spread out the risk for the project by initially designing and ordering several dozen versions of the toehold...