The mdx-amplification-resistant mutation system assay, a simple and rapid polymerase chain reaction-based detection of the mdx allele

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1549-1553

  Amalfitano, Andrea ^a   Chamberlain, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

amplification resistant mutation system; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; gene therapy; mdx; transgene

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0029827468     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199612)19:12<1549::AID-MUS4>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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