A rapid, reliable, and inexpensive method for detection of di- and trinucleotide repeat markers and disease loci from dried blood spots

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 313-318

  Holden, Jeanette J A ^a,b   Chalifoux, Maryse ^b   Wing, Maggie ^b   Julien Inalsingh, Colin ^a   White, Bradley N ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ongwanada Resource Centre   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

fragile X syndrome; Guthrie spots; trinucleotide and dinucleotide repeats

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CODON; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA TEMPLATE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SCREENING; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0029931538     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960809)64:2<313::AID-AJMG16>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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