multilocus enzyme electrophoresis


mul·ti·lo·cus en·zyme e·lec·tro·pho·re·sis

(MLEE) (mŭl'tē-lō'kŭs en'zīm ĕ-lek'trō-fŏr-ē'sis) A nonamplified strain-typing method. Proteins are isolated from the strain of interest and separated in a gel. A probe is used to detect a specific protein.