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Published on: October 15, 2013
Bacterial Genome Mapping by Two-Dimensional Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (2D-PFGE)
1Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Medizinsche Hochschuie Hannover, Germany.
Abstract:
Two-dimensional pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (2D-PFGE) is a powerful PFGE technique for the restriction mapping of bacterial genomic DNA. The method consists of two sequential steps of restriction endonuclease digestion and separation of the fragments by PFGE: 1. Step A, in which partially or completely digested bacterial DNA is separated by PFGE in the first dimension; and 2. Step B, in which a gel slice containing the separated DNA of the first dimension is cut out from the first gel, redigested with the same or a different restriction enzyme, and separated by PFGE in the second dimension, i.e., perpendicular to the first dimension.
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