Substitution of 2-aminoadenine and 5-methylcytosine for adenine and cytosine in hybridization probes increases the sensitivity of DNA fingerprinting

Genomics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 490-494

  Prosnyak, M I ^a   Veselovskaya, S I ^b   Myasnikov, V A ^b   Efremova, E J ^a   Potapov, V K ^b   Limborska, S A ^a   Sverdlov, E D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0028343195     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1994.1306     Document Type: Article

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