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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-7-27
pubmed:abstractText
The <<Taq Man>> assay (PE Applied Biosystems) combines PCR with concomitant release of fluorogenic nucleotides for immediate product detection by fluorometry. Yersinia pestis, the etiological agent of bubonic plague, expresses species-specific genes known to be located on two unique plasmids (9.6-kb pPCP and 100.9-kb pMT). Pesticin (pst) is a unique gene located on pPCP which encodes for a bacteriocin. Using fluorogenic probe coupled PCR as few as three copies of pst targets were detected from total Y. pestis genomic DNA. The pst probe used in this report was positive only for pesticinogenic isolates and did not show complementarity with Yersiniae nor with other bacteria targeted in this study suggesting, that the pst probe is very specific for Y. pestis. Under optimal conditions of Mg(2+)concentration and thermal cycle number, addition of extraneous DNA to respective assay mixtures had no effect on detection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0890-8508
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
109-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of Yersinia pestis by pesticin fluorogenic probe-coupled PCR.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Life Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, 78249, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.