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Rapid, High-Throughput Detection of Rifampin Resistance and Heteroresistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Use of Sloppy Molecular Beacon Melting Temperature Coding
27 Apr 2012
Abstract excerpt
Rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is largely determined by mutations in an 80-bp rifampin resistance determining region (RRDR) of the rpoB gene. We developed a rapid single-well PCR assay to identify RRDR mutations. The assay uses sloppy molecular beacons to probe an asymmetric PCR of the M. tuberculosis RRDR by melting temperature (T(m)) analysis. A three-point T(m) code is generated which...
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