Article
PCR-based genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with new GC-rich repeated sequences and IS6110 inverted repeats used as primers.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2004
Kotłowski Roman, Shamputa Isdore Chola, El Aila Nabil Abdullah, Sajduda Anna, Rigouts Leen, van Deun Armand, Portaels Françoise
Abstract excerpt
In the present study we attempted to develop a PCR-based epidemiological tool for the differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. Use of the designed primers Mtb1 (5'-CCG-GCG-GGG-CCG-GCG-G) and Mtb2 (5'-CGG-CGG-CAA-CGG-CGG-C) targeting frequently repeated 16-bp sequences in combination with primers sited at the inverted repeats flanking IS6110 allowed differentiation of M. tuberculosis isolates.
Topics
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA Primers
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Genotype
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
