Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR
Type
Blog Post
Published
April 16, 2020, 1 p.m.
...signal from this reporter can be measured and quantified to determine the presence and quantity of DNA...Enzymatic Reporter UnLOCKING
Cas13 (C2c2) was first identified in 2016 by the Zhang lab as an RNA guided RNase...assay, targeted DNA or RNA from a sample is first amplified using RPA (recombinase polymerase amplification...RPA is coupled with T7 transcription to convert amplified DNA to RNA for subsequent detection by Cas13. ...used easily and effectively in the lab and in the field (Myhrvold et al., 2018).
Now, the Zhang lab has ... SARS-CoV-2 RNA. The test is started using RNA purified from patient samples and can be read using a dipstick...reaction. To enhance sensitivity, the DNA is first amplified through isothermal amplification by RPA. When ...