Blackwood et al. (1) assert that terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) data cannot be used to estimate the species level diversity of bacterial communities. While I do not argue with their analytical techniques, nor the interpretation of their results, their conclusion is essentially moot as T-RFLP techniques are rarely used (nor should they be used) to study the diversity ...

A PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis method that analyzes a part of the dnaJ gene was designed for the rapid and accurate identification of Staphylococcus spp. XapI or Bsp143I digestion of the PCR-generated products rendered distinctive RFLP patterns that allowed 41 reference species and subspecies to be identified with a high degree of specificity. The novel method wa...

objective(s):leptin receptor (lepr) is a member of the class i cytokine receptor super-family that is known implicated in the initiation and progression of breast cancer. we have investigated the effect of q223r polymorphism on the breast cancer susceptibly in a sample of iranian subjects. materials and methods:we utilized a polymerase chain reaction (pcr) restriction fragment length polymorphi...

background interleukin-16 (il-16) is an immunomodulatory cytokine, which plays an important role in some inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as hepatitis b, which is a major health concern worldwide. objectives in this study, we aimed to investigate the plausible association between il-16 polymorphism and chronic hbv susceptibility in an iranian population. conclusions these findings show...

background: recurrent spontaneous abortion is one of the diseases that can lead to physical, psychological, and, economical problems for both individuals and society. recently a few numbers of genetic polymorphisms in kinase insert domain-containing receptor (kdr) gene are examined that can endanger the life of the fetus in pregnant women. objective: the risk of kdr gene polymorphisms was inves...

background chronic hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection is a multifactorial disease that can result in serious clinical complications. host genetic background especially the genes that encode immunologic factors like inf-γ and its receptor (ifn-γ r) are critical in the pathogenesis of infection. materials and methods genomic dna from peripheral blood samples of 200 chronically hbv infected patient...

results all 90 campylobacter isolates confirmed by m-pcr were successfully typed using flaa-pcr-rflp. eleven different types were defined according to flaa-typing method and the rflp patterns were located at three separate clusters in rflp image analysis dendrogram. conclusions campylobacter jejuni isolates significantly showed more variety than c. coli isolates. a relatively low genetic divers...