1. Microarray Chip Development Using Infrared Imaging for the Identification of Catfish Species.
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Handy, Sara M., Chizhikov, Vladimir, Yakes, Betsy Jean, Paul, Stephen Z., Deeds, Jonathan R., and Mossoba, Magdi M.
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DNA microarrays , *INFRARED imaging , *CATFISHES , *GENETIC barcoding , *RAMAN spectroscopy , *ICTALURIDAE - Abstract
Several families of catfish species are extensively aquacultured around the world; however, only those from the family Ictaluridae can be labeled as catfish in the United States. Non-Ictalurid catfish species that are marketed as “catfish” in the USA are considered misbranded. Misbranding in general has led to an increased interest in developing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-based methods such as DNA barcoding, polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism, and DNA microarrays with fluorescence detection for the identification of fish species. In this proof-of-concept study, DNA microarrays coupled with a newly developed mid-infrared imaging detection method were applied to the identification of seven species of catfish for the first time. Species-specific DNA probes targeting three regions per species of the cytochrome c oxidase 1 (barcoding) gene were developed and printed as microarrays on glass slides. Deoxyribonucleic acid targets labeled with biotin were hybridized to their complementary probes using a strategy that allowed the selective formation of a silver layer on hybridized spots needed for detection. Using this three-probe format, the seven species were all identified correctly, even when a limited number of false positive spots were observed. Raman spectroscopy was employed to further characterize the arrays. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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