Mohammad Reza Izadpanah; Leila Asadpour
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Staphylococcus aureus is a common pathogen potentially able to cause a wide range of infectious diseases in human and animals and coagulase enzyme is one of the important virulence factors of this bacterium. Polymorphism of the coagulase encoding gene (coa) is one of the molecular-based typing methods ...
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Staphylococcus aureus is a common pathogen potentially able to cause a wide range of infectious diseases in human and animals and coagulase enzyme is one of the important virulence factors of this bacterium. Polymorphism of the coagulase encoding gene (coa) is one of the molecular-based typing methods of S. aureus isolates. In this study, the polymorphism of the coagulase gene among MRSA and MSSA isolates were investigated using PCR-RFLP analysis. To perform coagulase gene typing, the repeated units encoding hypervariable regions of coagulase gene of 30 clinical isolates of S. aureus were amplified by the PCR technique; this was followed by AluI restriction enzyme digestion and analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns. In total two amplicons (680 bp and 750 bp) and four distinct RFLP banding patterns (280+400, 340+340, 280+470, and no digested amplicon of 750 bp) were observed. Genotype with PCR-RFLP patterns of 280+400 bp was predominated. The results indicated polymorphism in the investigated regions of coagulase gene. This polymorphism can be used for identification of S. aureus isolates and showing the epidemiological relationship among them.
Yahya Mohammadi; Ali Asghar Aslaminejad; Mohammad Reza Nassiry; Ali Esmailizadeh Koshkoieh
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the polymorphism of K-casein (K-CN), β-Lactoglobulin (B-LG) and leptin (LP) genes in Iranian Holstein cattle by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique. DNA was extracted from blood samples of 139 cows using ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the polymorphism of K-casein (K-CN), β-Lactoglobulin (B-LG) and leptin (LP) genes in Iranian Holstein cattle by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique. DNA was extracted from blood samples of 139 cows using a modified phenol chloroform method. Association between K-CN, B-LG and LP genes’ polymorphism with milk production traits were investigated using mixed procedure of SAS software. The frequencies of AA, AB and BB genotypes for K-CN (0.72, 0.18 and 0.10), B-LG (0.43, 0.28 and 0.29) and LP (0.24, 0.63 and 0.13) were also calculated. Statistical results revealed a significant association between AA and BB genotypes of the K-CN gene with milk production and milk protein percentage, respectively. Also, BB genotype of the B-LG gene and AA genotype of the LP gene showed a significant association with protein percentage and milk production (P
