| Literature DB >> 16333106 |
Shannon D Manning1, David W Lacher, H Dele Davies, Betsy Foxman, Thomas S Whittam.
Abstract
Serotyping and other phenotypic methods are often used to characterize the capsular polysaccharide of group B streptococci (GBS). We describe a capsular genotyping method that utilizes PCR of capsular polysaccharide synthesis genes (cps) and restriction enzyme digestion. This method facilitates the detection of DNA polymorphism in cps genes and correlates well with serotyping.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16333106 PMCID: PMC1317180 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.6113-6116.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948