B0008101 Scientist studying DNA sequence data

B0008101 Scientist studying DNA sequence data Credit: Pablo Rojas. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org A scientists stuyding a sequence of DNA looking for aligment of the sequence relating to the Lipl32 gene, which is present among pathogenic leptospires (a genus of gram-negative bacteria). The alignment was performed in order to find a consensus sequence that could be used to generate a set of DNA primers and a probeto to be used in a real-time PCR assay. This assay will allow scientists to target the specific DNA sequence to detect the presence of this DNA sequence and thus infection of pathogenic leptospires in urine. Photograph Published: – Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.0 UK, see http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/page/Prices.html