RNA Aptamer That Specifically Binds to Mycolactone and Serves as a Diagnostic Tool for Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer

• Samuel A. Sakyi ,

  * E-mail: samasamoahsakyi@yahoo.co.uk

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5168-4762

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• Samuel Yaw Aboagye,

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Isaac Darko Otchere,

  Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Albert M. Liao,

  Affiliation Aptagen LLC, Jacobus, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Thomas G. Caltagirone,

  Affiliation Aptagen LLC, Jacobus, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Dorothy Yeboah-Manu

  Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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