Identification of the five most common cystic fibrosis mutations in single cells using a rapid and specific differential amplification system

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-207

  Scobie, Graeme ^a   Woodroffe, Bridget ^b   Fishel, Simon ^b   Kalsheker, Noor ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Lymphocytes; Preimplantation diagnosis

Indexed keywords

CFTR PROTEIN, HUMAN; PRIMER DNA; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0030089453     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/2.3.203     Document Type: Article

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