A ligation-based loop-mediated isothermal amplification (ligation-LAMP) strategy for highly selective microRNA detection

A novel ligation-based loop-mediated isothermal amplification (ligation-LAMP) method has been developed for miRNA detection, which enables highly selective and sensitive quantitative detection of miR-21 in a dynamic range from 1 fM to 1 nM with the ability to discriminate single-base mismatches.