ISSN:
0173-0835
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
A rapid and highly sensitive silver staining method, originally developed for the detection of proteins, was slightly modified to detect nucleic acids in polyacrylamide gels. The second exons of the histocompatibility antigen HLA-DQA1 and DQB1 genes were selectively amplified from genomic DNA by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Digestion of the PCR products by endonucleases, followed by their size separation on polyacrylamide gels and visualization by silver staining, allowed us to define the HLA-DQ alleles of the genomic DNA. The in ensity of staining of digested PCR-amplified DNA is linear from at least 8 to 18 ng for fragments of lengths ranging from approximately 40 to 200 bp. Thus, silver staining in combination with PCR and allele-specific restriction fragment length polymorphism provides a simple, safe, and rapid method for accurate definition of HLA-DQ alleles at the nucleotide level in the clinical typing laboratory.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elps.1150120407
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