This study aims to characterize different Salmonella enterica subsp molecularly. strains (n=49) were isolated from human gastrointestinal cases in the Tolima region and poultry Santander regions using PCR-RFLP, PCR-ribotyping, PCR-SSCP. The band patterns obtained with each technique analyzed by building dendrograms based on Unweighted Pair Group Method Arithmetic mean (UPGMA) method Dice coeffi...

An algorithm to directly identify multiple mycobacterial species in a sample by using fluorescence capillary electrophoresis (FCE)-based single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis was developed. Part of the 16S-23S ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region in 37 reference strains and 73 clinical isolates representing 19 mycobacterial species and Mycobacterium tuberculo...

Fluorescent-based single-strand conformation polymorphism (F-SSCP) analysis with capillary electrophoresis (CE) is the most common method for the detection of mutation because of its high sensitivity and resolution. In this study, we prepared an inexpensive linear polyacrylamide (LPA), and successfully applied it to CE-SSCP analysis and tandem CE-SSCP/heteroduplex analysis (HA) of the P53 gene ...

Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) is a mediator of the effects hormone and polymorphism in IGF1 gene reported to affect fat deposition some livestock species. In this study, nucleotide sequence variation three regions ovine (part 5' flanking region, exon 3 4 region) was investigated 848 New Zealand Romney lambs using PCR-single strand conformation (SSCP) analyses ascertain if single polymorph...

The use of capillary electrophoresis (CE) in a polymer network for single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) is investigated. SSCP is a method to detect DNA point mutations, essential in the diagnosis of several diseases. The PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplified p53 gene, a tumour suppressor gene known to be frequently mutated in malignant cells, was subjected to CE analysis. Two sing...

A non-isotopic single-strand conformation polymorphism ('cold' SSCP) technique has been assessed for the analysis of sequence variability in the expansion segment 5 (ES5) of domain IV and the D3 domain of nuclear ribosomal DNA within and/or among isolates and individual muscle (first-stage) larvae representing all currently recognized species/genotypes of Trichinella. Data are consistent with t...

Single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) was investigated for rapid differentiation of phenotypically similar yeast species. Sensitive tests indicated that some yeast strains with one, most strains with two, and all strains with three or more nucleotide differences in the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) or ITS2 region could be distinguished by PCR SSC...

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is usually susceptible to macrolides, but macrolide-resistant strains have been found frequently in recent years. Mutations in domain V of the 23S rRNA gene of M. pneumoniae interfere with the binding of macrolides to rRNA and mediate macrolide resistance. In this study, we developed a rapid and inexpensive method that combines nested PCR (nPCR), single-strand conformation...

Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, 7505, South Africa The ability to detect mutations in individuals and the subsequent DNA diagnosis of genetic diseases are becoming increasingly important for the researcher and diagnostician. Single-base substitutions (80-90%) can be detected by single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) (1) or hetero...

Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a form of NIDDM characterized by an early age of onset and autosomal-dominant inheritance (1). So far, three MODY-causing genes have been identified; namely, the hepatocyte nuclear factor4a (HNF-4a)/M0DYl on chromosome 20q, the glucokinase/M0DY2 on chromosome 7p, and the HNFla/M0DY3 on chromosome 12 q (2-4). The identification of the MODY genes has...