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Rapid Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato by PCR‐Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of groEL Gene
Author(s) -
Park HyoSoon,
Lee JungHee,
Jeong EunJu,
Park TaeKyu,
Jang WonJong,
Park KyungHee,
Kim BumJoon,
Kook YoonHoh,
Lee SeungHyun
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03608.x
Subject(s) - biology , sensu , borrelia burgdorferi , restriction fragment length polymorphism , borrelia , groel , intergenic region , genetics , polymerase chain reaction , gene , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , genus , antibody , genome , botany , escherichia coli
Thirty‐one reference strains and 23 Korean isolates of the genus Borrelia were identified through the PCR‐RFLP analysis using the groEL gene. This will be useful for the rapid differentiation of B. burgdorferi sensu lato and complements one of the 5S–23S intergenic spacers.