Analysis of allelic structures at the D7S21 (MS31A) locus in the Japanese, using minisatellite variant repeat mapping by PCR (MVR-PCR)

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 271-279

  Huang, X L ^a   Tamaki, K ^a,b   Yamamoto, T ^a   Suzuki, K ^a   Nozawa, H ^a   Uchihi, R ^a   Katsumata, Y ^a   Neil, D L ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029809664     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1996.tb01191.x     Document Type: Article

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