Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
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Genetic Divesity Analysis of Fungal Species by Universal Rice Primer (URP)-PCR

1Graduate School of Bio.&Information Technology, Hankyong National University, Ansung 456-749, Korea
2Institute of Genetic engineering, Hankyong National University, Ansung 456-749, Korea
3JK BioTech, Ltd. Hankyong National University, Ansung 456-749, Korea

Correspondence to kanghw2@hknu.ac.kr

Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) June 30, 2012, 40(2):78-85.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2012.40.2.78
(Received June 4, 2012. Revised June 12, 2012. Accepted June 18, 2012)
Published: June 30, 2012.
© The Korean Society of Mycology

ABSTRACT

URP primers that were derived from repetitive DNA sequence of rice weedy rice have been applied for producing PCR polymorphisms in different fungal species. URP-PCR protocol employed stringent PCR with high annealing temperature over 55 oC throughout the thermo-cycling reaction, giving high reproducibility. Under the PCR condition, Each single URP primer produced characteristic fingerprints from diverse genomes of different fungal species, indicating its universal applicability. URP-PCR has been accessed for applicability to various fungal species with 33 genus, 142 species and 1,489 isolates. Numerous related papers have demonstrated that URP-PCR profiles of fungal species are very useful for identifying fungal species at intra and inter species levels. The results were reviewed in this paper.

Keywords

Fungal species, Genetic diversity, URP-PCR

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