Morphologically, nine different slow-growing protoclones were screened from regenerated protoplast of heterokaryotic Agaricus bisporus. The present study is the first report of fingerprinting on differentiating homo- and heterokaryotic protoclones using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers. Among 80 primers tested, the seven ISSR and seven RAPD...

OBJECTIVE To study primer sequences (1060, 1247, 1254, 1281, 1283, and 1290) for random amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR). METHODS Twenty-four clinical Serratia marcescens (S. marcescens) isolates were obtained over a 6-month period from April 2002 to September 2002 from hospitals in the Fars province of Iran. Six primers were used due to S. marcescens genome prop...

DNA fingerprinting has been useful for genotypic classification of American cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based methodologies including randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers are relatively easy to use, and inexpensive as compared to other methods. However, RAPD markers have some limitations including seamless interlaboratory transferability ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The aim of this study was to develop species-specific molecular markers for Bambusa balcooa and B. tulda to allow for their proper identification, in order to avoid unintentional adulteration that affects the quality and quantity of paper pulp production. METHODS Two putative, species-specific RAPD markers, Bb836 for B. balcooa and Bt609 for B. tulda were generated using a...

We described the use of the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique on Plasmodium falciparum DNA to detect genetic markers for chloroquine-resistant strains. Fourteen RAPD primers were tested, three of which generated banding patterns correlated with chloroquine resistance. To measure this correlation, the RAPD profiles were analyzed using the Nei and Li similarity coefficient. Detect...

mahaleb (prunus mahalab l.) is used as a rootstock for cherries in iran and many other countries. in this research, rapd markers were used to determine the genetic diversity among eight genotypes of mahaleb evaluated in two separate research grardens in karaj, iran. these genotypes are used as mother plants for seed production. totally 40 random primers were examined for pcr reactions on the te...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based RAPD profiles, in conjunction with six primers, of Karnal bunt of wheat and rice bunt exhibiting distinct polymorphic DNA. A total of 84 RAPD loci were observed on polyacrylamide gel for both Tilletia sps. Out of 84, 16 loci were found monomorphic, while other 68 loci were unique. Usefulness of random primers was also checked with other seed borne fungal pa...

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...

Haplorchis taichui specific primers were designed using a high annealing temperature random amplified polymorphic DNA (HAT-RAPD) PCR method and 18 arbitrary primers (Operon Technologies) to generate polymorphic DNA profiles for 13 different parasites. The H. taichui specific fragment was screened. A 256 bp HAT-RAPD marker generated from OPP-11 primer specific for H. taichui was cloned and seque...

An attempt was made to evaluate the utility of a method which employs semi-specific PCR using partially specific primers for the coding sequence (ET) at the exon-intron contact and of the RAPD method to identify eight Polish cultivars of gerbera. It was demonstrated that the PCR method which employs semi-specific primers is as simple and economical as the RAPD method, simultaneously the images ...