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Rapid genotyping of the Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein by the polymerase chain reaction.
FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Sept 1991
Sayada C, Denamur E, Orfila J, Catalan F, Elion J
Abstract excerpt
Twenty one Chlamydia trachomatis reference strains and 40 clinical isolates belonging to the lymphogranuloma venerum (LGV) and trachoma biovars were genotyped by differential restriction mapping of the major-outer-membrane-protein gene (MOMP) obtained by the polymerase-chain reaction (PCR). AluI digestion of the PCR product distinguishes eight MOMP-genotypes corresponding to 8 serovars. Six additional enzymes...
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