An improved colony hybridization method with significantly increased sensitivity for detection of single genes
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Simple Method for Fluorescence DNA In Situ Hybridization to Squashed Chromosomes
Published on: January 6, 2015
Abstract:
By introducing a simple modification of existing methods, colony hybridization has been used to detect single copy genes coding for a heat-stable enterotoxin in wild-type strains isolated from patients with diarrhea. The modification described in this communication results in an approximately 100-fold increase in sensitivity, probably by increasing the total denatured plasmid DNA fixed to the paper.
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