Yersinia pestis isolates were genotyped analyzing the polymorphic DNA regions named variable number tandem repeats (VNTR). Allele variants were studied by high-resolution melting analysis (HRMA) of polymerase chain reaction fragments obtained for 25 VNTR loci. After comparison with previous results, 14 loci gave distinguishable normalized melting curves and allowed to correctly assign alleles. This HRMA typing technique permits to differentiate Y. pestis isolates and turned out to be robust, reproducible, and cheap. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

A rapid allele variant discrimination method for Yersinia pestis strains based on high-resolution melting curve analysis / Andrea, Ciammaruconi; Saverio, Grassi; Giovanni, Faggioni; Riccardo De, Santis; Valentina, Pittiglio; D'Amelio, Raffaele; Gilles, Vergnaud; Florigio, Lista. - In: DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE. - ISSN 0732-8893. - 65:1(2009), pp. 7-13. [10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.04.015]

A rapid allele variant discrimination method for Yersinia pestis strains based on high-resolution melting curve analysis

D'AMELIO, Raffaele;
2009

Abstract

Yersinia pestis isolates were genotyped analyzing the polymorphic DNA regions named variable number tandem repeats (VNTR). Allele variants were studied by high-resolution melting analysis (HRMA) of polymerase chain reaction fragments obtained for 25 VNTR loci. After comparison with previous results, 14 loci gave distinguishable normalized melting curves and allowed to correctly assign alleles. This HRMA typing technique permits to differentiate Y. pestis isolates and turned out to be robust, reproducible, and cheap. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
2009
high-resolution melting analysis; mlva; vntr; yersinia pestis genotyping
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A rapid allele variant discrimination method for Yersinia pestis strains based on high-resolution melting curve analysis / Andrea, Ciammaruconi; Saverio, Grassi; Giovanni, Faggioni; Riccardo De, Santis; Valentina, Pittiglio; D'Amelio, Raffaele; Gilles, Vergnaud; Florigio, Lista. - In: DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE. - ISSN 0732-8893. - 65:1(2009), pp. 7-13. [10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.04.015]
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