title: High-resolution DNA melt curve analysis of the clustered, regularly interspaced short-palindromic-repeat locus of Campylobacter jejuni.
abstract: A novel method for genotyping the clustered, regularly interspaced short-palindromic-repeat (CRISPR) locus of Campylobacter jejuni is described. Following real-time PCR, CRISPR products were subjected to high-resolution melt (HRM) analysis, a new technology that allows precise melt profile determination of amplicons. This investigation shows that the CRISPR HRM assay provides a powerful addition to existing C. jejuni genotyping methods and emphasizes the potential of HRM for genotyping short sequence repeats in other species.
authors.affiliation: Cooperative Research Centre for Diagnostics, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Cnr Blamey St. and Musk Ave., Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia.
authors.forename: Erin P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Flavia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huygens
authors.forename: Philip M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Giffard
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009691:Nucleic Acid Denaturation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017421:Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial