Rapid detection of Salmonella contamination in seafoods using multiplex PCR.

Effective monitoring of Salmonella contamination in seafood processing to conform the requirements of HACCP is a great challenge today. Such challenges can be effectively addressed, if the conventional detection methods are replaced with DNA-based molecular methods. Accordingly, it was aimed to develop a robust PCR protocol for specific detection of Salmonella spp.

Cloning and characterization of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus growth hormone gene and its heterologous expression.

Pangasianodon hypophthalmus is one of the fast-growing catfish of freshwater origin, and its growth is attributed by the action of growth hormone (GH). In this study, the growth hormone gene (PhGH) of 3.0 kb was characterized, and it is composed of five exons and four introns and having characteristics of an upstream region that contains TATA, CAAT boxes, and binding sites of important transcription factors like Pit-1a, CRE, CREB, CREBP, Ap-1, SP1, and TBP.