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DNA probes for the detection of Anaplasma centrale and Anaplasma marginale. 1987

E S Visser, and R E Ambrosio

Section of Molecular Biology, Veterinary Research Institute, Onderstepoort.

Anaplasmosis can be diagnosed either by immunological techniques or by direct microscopic examination of blood smears. Both methods are time-consuming and labour intensive. The use of DNA probes in an hybridization assay may simplify the diagnosis of anaplasmosis in cattle and sheep. A genomic DNA library of Anaplasma centrale was constructed in an expression vector and screened to detect clones containing A. centrale DNA. Four probes which hybridized to A. centrale and Anaplasma marginale DNA were isolated. One of these (AC-1) hybridized only to A. centrale DNA, whereas AC-2, AC-3 and AC-4 could detect DNA from both A. centrale and A. marginale. Probes AC-1 and AC-2 could detect 127 ng and 8 ng DNA respectively, while AC-3 and AC-4 detected 64 ng A. centrale DNA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009693	Nucleic Acid Hybridization	Widely used technique which exploits the ability of complementary sequences in single-stranded DNAs or RNAs to pair with each other to form a double helix. Hybridization can take place between two complimentary DNA sequences, between a single-stranded DNA and a complementary RNA, or between two RNA sequences. The technique is used to detect and isolate specific sequences, measure homology, or define other characteristics of one or both strands. (Kendrew, Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology, 1994, p503)	Genomic Hybridization,Acid Hybridization, Nucleic,Acid Hybridizations, Nucleic,Genomic Hybridizations,Hybridization, Genomic,Hybridization, Nucleic Acid,Hybridizations, Genomic,Hybridizations, Nucleic Acid,Nucleic Acid Hybridizations
D004262	DNA Restriction Enzymes	Enzymes that are part of the restriction-modification systems. They catalyze the endonucleolytic cleavage of DNA sequences which lack the species-specific methylation pattern in the host cell's DNA. Cleavage yields random or specific double-stranded fragments with terminal 5'-phosphates. The function of restriction enzymes is to destroy any foreign DNA that invades the host cell. Most have been studied in bacterial systems, but a few have been found in eukaryotic organisms. They are also used as tools for the systematic dissection and mapping of chromosomes, in the determination of base sequences of DNAs, and have made it possible to splice and recombine genes from one organism into the genome of another. EC 3.21.1.	Restriction Endonucleases,DNA Restriction Enzyme,Restriction Endonuclease,Endonuclease, Restriction,Endonucleases, Restriction,Enzymes, DNA Restriction,Restriction Enzyme, DNA,Restriction Enzymes, DNA
D005819	Genetic Markers	A phenotypically recognizable genetic trait which can be used to identify a genetic locus, a linkage group, or a recombination event.	Chromosome Markers,DNA Markers,Markers, DNA,Markers, Genetic,Genetic Marker,Marker, Genetic,Chromosome Marker,DNA Marker,Marker, Chromosome,Marker, DNA,Markers, Chromosome
D000709	Anaplasma	A genus of gram-negative bacteria whose organisms are obligate parasites of vertebrates. Species are transmitted by arthropod vectors with the host range limited to ruminants. Anaplasma marginale is the most pathogenic species and is the causative agent of severe bovine anaplasmosis.
D000712	Anaplasmosis	A disease usually in cattle caused by parasitization of the red blood cells by bacteria of the genus ANAPLASMA.	Anaplasma Infection,Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection,Human Anaplasmosis,Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis,Anaplasma Infections,Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infections,Anaplasmoses,Anaplasmoses, Human,Anaplasmoses, Human Granulocytic,Anaplasmosis, Human,Anaplasmosis, Human Granulocytic,Granulocytic Anaplasmoses, Human,Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, Human,Human Anaplasmoses,Human Granulocytic Anaplasmoses,Infection, Anaplasma,Infections, Anaplasma
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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