1 0 0 0 OA 酵素1分子検出から生まれたインフルエンザデジタルアッセイ
- 著者
- 田端 和仁
- 出版者
- 一般社団法人 日本生物物理学会
- 雑誌
- 生物物理 (ISSN:05824052)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.61, no.2, pp.095-101, 2021 (Released:2021-03-25)
- 参考文献数
- 24
Digital assays, which have evolved from single-molecule detection technology, are attracting attention as a new method of measuring individual cells, proteins, and nucleic acids. The digital assays are characterized by their ability to directly measure individual molecules, enabling us to perform absolute quantification without the need for calibration curves and to determine the heterogeneity of a population. We first developed a digital assay for enzymes and applied the principle to digital ELISA and digital influenza assays. We demonstrate that the digital assays for enzymes are not only a new enzymology tools, but also have a wide range of applications such as elucidating the nature of viral populations. We will discuss how these new analytical techniques are opening up uncharted territory.