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Repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR for study of Streptococcus mutans diversity and transmission in human populations.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2010
Moser S A, Mitchell S C, Ruby J D, Momeni S, Osgood R C, Whiddon J, Childers N K
Abstract excerpt
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) is considered the "gold standard" for molecular epidemiological study. Repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR (rep-PCR) is less time-consuming and more suitable for analyzing large numbers of bacterial strains in human populations. PFGE and rep-PCR provide comparable genotyping results for investigating Streptococcus mutans diversity and transmission.
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