Screening for human mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms with denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-245

  Hanekamp, John S ^a   Thilly, William G ^a   Ahmad Chaudhry, M ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GLYCINE TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030010028     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050201     Document Type: Article

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