Tissue culture is a potent means for producing clonally propagated plants. However, genetically identical regenerants are of great concern due to their economic consequences. Therefore, polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based molecular markers employed detect somaclonal variations. In this study, the genetic fidelity in vitro raised Philodendron bipinnatifidum clones, and mother plant was tested ...

Using PEG-mediated protoplast fusion, a total of nine pfle somatic hybrids were developed between Pleurotus florida and Lentinula edodes. Only six could fruit bodies the second generation was made each through tissue culture isolate from their bodies. The first denoted as pfle1p, pfle1q, pfle1v, 1s, pfle1o pfle1pFB, pfle1qFB, pfle1vFB, 1sFB, pfle1oFB. genetic closeness, stability variance is an...

OBJECTIVE To review the feasibility of coupling the techniques of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) with carbon nanotube-based modified electrode for guanine/deoxyguanine triphosphate (dGTP) electrochemical sensing for mapping of the pancreatic cancer genetic fingerprint and screening of genetic alterations. METHODS We developed a new method to study the electrochemical behavior of dGTP...

Classification and differentiation of Bacillus anthracis isolates by genetic markers play an important role in anthrax research. We used a PCR based method--Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA (RAPD)--to identify genetic markers in B. anthracis strains. Twenty-five differential genetic markers were identified which divided the strains into five different groups. Three selected RAPD-markers ...

Random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis using the polymerase chain reaction proved a useful technique in the biodiversity analysis of microorganisms but may lack reproducibility in the poorly standardized methodology. In the present investigation, the RAPD technique was optimized for characterizing cyanobacterial isolates in order to ensure its reproducibility and discriminatory...

The usefulness of random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis for typing Indian strains of M. tuberculosis was investigated. M. tuberculosis H37Rv, M. tuberculosis DT and 42 clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis were subjected to RAPD-PCR using 7 random decamer primers. All 7 primers were found to be differentiated and produced specific RAPD profiles. The polymorphic amplicons served...

Cancer patients are predisposed to fungal infections caused by Candida albicans, especially to oral or respiratory tract candidiasis. The aim of this study was to estimate genetic diversity by RAPD-PCR (random amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction) of C. albicans isolated from upper respiratory tract of 100 patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Among 52 strains, 34 genotypes w...