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A novel duplex SYBR Green real-time PCR with melting curve analysis method for beef adulteration detection
Jiapeng Li1, Yixuan Wei1, Jinchun Li1
1China Meat Research Center, 100068 Beijing, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Meat Processing Technology, 100068 Beijing, China.
Abstract:
An efficient and reliable duplex SYBR Green real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) method for beef products adulteration detection was developed based on bovine specific and vertebrate universal primers. By analyzing the numbers, positions (Tm value) of melting curve peaks of the duplex PCR products, we simultaneously identified bovine and preliminary screened non-bovine in samples, and also semi-quantified the bovine percentage according to the area ratios of peaks. All of these were necessary for adulteration determination. The specific and universal primers were designed based on mitochondrial genes ND4 and 16S rRNA respectively, their amplicons Tm values were 72.6 ± 0.5 °C and 79-81 °C. There might be some other peaks at 74-78 °C and above 81 °C if non-bovine components existed. Thelimit of detectionwas 1 pgforbovineDNA, and1 - 30 pg fornon-bovineDNAbasedon differentspecies.
