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ReviewJournal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR2016

The Application of Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis in Clinical Studies.

Elaheh Gholami Parizad, Eskandar Gholami Parizad, Azar Valizadeh

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Review in Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Molecular Characterization of Antibiotic Resistance and Genetic Diversity ofThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2022
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  5. Genetic diversity of colistin resistance NosocomialJournal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Elaheh Gholami ParizadPhD Student, Department of Medical Microbiology, Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences , Ilam, Iran .
Eskandar Gholami ParizadFaculty, Member of Public Health School and Psychosocial Injuries Prevention Research Center , Ilam, Iran .
Azar ValizadehPhD Student, Department of Medical Microbiology, Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences , Ilam, Iran .

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis is a method applied in separating large segments of deoxyribonucleotide using an alternating and cross field. In a uniform magnetic field, components larger than 50kb pass a route through the gel and since the movement of DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) molecules are in a Zigzag form, separation of DNAs as bands carried out better via gel. PFGE in microbiology is a standard method which is used for typing of bacteria. It is also a very useful tool in epidemiological studies and gene mapping in microbes and mammalian cell, also motivated development of large-insert cloning system such as bacterial and yeast artifical chromosomes. In this method, close and similar species in terms of genetic patterns show alike profiles regarding DNA separation, and those ones which don't have similarity or are less similar, reveal different separation profiles. So this feature can be used to determine the common species as the prevalence agent of a disease. PFGE can be utilized for monitoring and evaluating different micro-organisms in clinical samples and existing ones in soil and water. This method can also be a reliable and standard method in vaccine preparation. In recent decades, PFGE is highly regarded as a powerful tool in control, prevention and monitoring diseases in different populations.

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