Nonradioactive characterization of low-level heteroplasmic mitochondrial DNA mutations by SSCP-PCR enrichment

BioTechniques

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 430-432

  Sherratt, Emma J ^a   Thomas, Andrew W ^a   Gagg, James W ^a   Alcolado, John C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MERRF SYNDROME; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0029985792     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/19962003430     Document Type: Article

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