title: Multiplex sets for the amplification of polymorphic short tandem repeat loci--silver stain and fluorescence detection.
abstract: Multiplex PCR amplification systems were developed using well-characterized, polymorphic short tandem repeat (STR) loci. Eight loci utilized in the multiplex amplifications included HUMCSF1PO, HUMTPOX, HUMTH01, HUMVWFA31, HUMF13A01, HUMFESFPS, HUMBFXIII and HUMLIPOL. From this list, three or four non-overlapping loci were simultaneously amplified, separated by denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and visualized using silver stain or fluorescence detection. The multiplex PCR amplification systems offer a non-isotopic method for rapid, simple and accurate analysis of STR loci. This high-throughput method for DNA identification has immediate and valuable application in forensic analysis, paternity determination, tissue culture strain identification and bone marrow transplantation studies.
authors.affiliation: Promega Corporation, Madison, WI, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lins
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sprecher
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Puers
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Schumm
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D016622:Silver Staining; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D004247:DNA