Single base mutations in the human androgen receptor gene causing complete androgen insensitivity: Rapid detection by a modified denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis technique

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1992, Pages 1909-1920

  De Bellis, Alessandra ^a   Quigley, Charmian A ^a   Cariello, Neal F ^b   El Awady, Mostafa K ^a   Sar, Madhabananda ^b   Lane, Malcolm V ^a   Wilson, Elizabeth M ^b   French, Frank S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE;

ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HORMONE BINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CELL; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIBROBLASTS; GENES, STRUCTURAL; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SOFTWARE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0026446137     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: 19449917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.6.11.1480178     Document Type: Article

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