Abstract
Among the molecular diagnostic methods for bacteria-induced diseases, capillary electrophoresis-based single-strand conformation polymorphism (CE-SSCP) combined with 16S rRNA gene-specific PCR has enormous potential because it can separate sequence variants using a simple procedure. However, conventional CE-SSCP systems have limited resolution and cannot separate most 16S rRNA gene-specific markers into separate peaks. A high-resolution CE-SSCP system that uses a poly(ethyleneoxide)-poly(propyleneoxide)-poly(ethyleneoxide) triblock copolymer matrix was recently developed and shown to effectively separate highly similar PCR products. In this report, a protocol for the detection of 12 pathogenic bacteria is provided. Pathogen markers were amplified by PCR using universal primers and separated by CE-SSCP; each marker peak was well separated at baseline and showed a characteristic mobility, allowing the easy identification of the pathogens.
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Hwang, H.S., Shin, G.W., Chung, B., Na, J., Jung, G.Y. (2013). Multiplex and Quantitative Pathogen Detection with High-Resolution Capillary Electrophoresis-Based Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism. In: Phillips, T., Kalish, H. (eds) Clinical Applications of Capillary Electrophoresis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 919. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-029-8_15
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