Advantages of RT-PCR and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis for analysis of genomic imprinting: Detection of new mouse and human expressed polymorphisms

Human Mutation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 144-148

  Nakao, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Sutcliffe, James S ^a   Beaudet, Arthur L ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DGGE; Genomic imprinting; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; MOUSE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029921814     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1996)7:2<144::AID-HUMU8>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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