Consistence of miniexon polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism and single-copy gene sequence analyses in discriminating Leishmania genotypes


SERIN M. B., WAKI K., CHANG K., ASLAN G., DIREKEL S., OTAG F., ...Daha Fazla

DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE, cilt.57, sa.3, ss.295-299, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Forty-six independent isolates of Leishmania subgenus were examined by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analyses of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified mimexon sequences. The results were consistent with grouping of these isolates into species complexes based on sequence polymorphism of single-copy genes. Mimexon RFLP profiles specific to Leishmania enriettii, Leishmania tarentolae, and Leishmania gerbilli were obtained for the first time. The mimexon PCR-RFLP method is thus further confirmed as a simple, sensitive, and specific method useful for discriminating Leishmania isolates. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.