AIM To study the alterations in p53 gene among Indian gastric cancer patients and to correlate them with the various clinicopathological parameters. METHODS A total of 103 gastric cancer patients were included in this study. The p53 alterations were studied by both immunohistochemical method as well as polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis. We...

PURPOSE To investigate whether a longer sagittal view and less movement using a dual sagittal crystal probe (DSCP) for trans rectal ultra sound (TRUS) allow for more accurate online-planning in I-125 permanent implant brachytherapy of the prostate, compared to a single sagittal crystal probe (SSCP). MATERIAL AND METHODS Between March 2008 and March 2010, 50 patients with prostate cancer were ...

Applications of various molecular methods for the analysis of mutations in the @-globin gene has led to the identification of nearly 100 different @-thalassemia mutations in the world.’ Recently, two methods have been described for mutation detection that rely on the analysis of single-stranded conformation polymorphisms (sscp) ofDNA2 or of RNA.’ We find that DNA s s c p and RNA sscp analysis b...

Among fluoroquinolone-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (FQr-MTB) isolates, mutation at positions 90, 91, and 94 in gyrA gene and at positions 495, 516, and 533 in gyrB gene have been frequently reported. In this study, 35 isolates of FQr-MTB were collected from Siriraj Hospital and Chest Disease Institute. The quinolone-resistance-determining regions (QRDR) of gyrA and gyrB genes in all 35 ...

We designed oligonucleotide primer pairs to amplify the promoter region, the translated exon sequences, and the flanking intron sequences of all 18 exons of the LDL receptor gene to compare the ability of the PCR single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) method with semiautomated solid-phase genomic DNA sequencing to detect sequence variations. In 20 apparently unrelated Danish patient...

We have developed a primer-mediated PCR mutagenesis-based method for the generation of positive controls to test the sensitivity of single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) or any other PCR-based mutation screening method. This technique is based on the incorporation of a third longer primer, containing a mismatched base, into the PCR along with the two wild-type primers normally used to ...

Mutations of the retinoblastoma gene are known to cause both nonhereditary and hereditary forms of retinoblastoma. Most patients with hereditary retinoblastoma have bilateral disease. Hereditary predisposition to retinoblastoma is caused by a germline mutation at the retinoblastoma gene locus (RB1) and transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait with 90% penetrance. Three quarters of these alter...

Single-strand-conformation polymorphism (SSCP) of DNA, a method widely used in mutation analysis, was adapted to the analysis and differentiation of cultivated pure-culture soil microorganisms and noncultivated rhizosphere microbial communities. A fragment (approximately 400 bp) of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene (V-4 and V-5 regions) was amplified by PCR with universal primers, with one primer pho...

Specific rDNA ITS amplifications, microsatellite-primed PCR and ITS-SSCP analysis were applied to identify and characterize pre-selected isolates of the edible ectomycorrhizal fungus Lactarius deliciosus in different stages of the life cycle. Sampling was performed from pure cultures, mycorrhizas and soil from experimental plots established with nursery-inoculated pine seedlings. A newly-design...