Characterization of large CTG repeat expansions in myotonic dystrophy alleles using PCR

Human Mutation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 304-310

  Cheng, Suzanne ^a   Barceló, Juana M ^b   Korneluk, Robert G ^b  

^a ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DM kinase gene; Long PCR; Myotonic dystrophy; PCR; Trinucleotide repeat

Indexed keywords

DNA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0029925689     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1996)7:4<304::AID-HUMU3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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