Genotypic selection methods for the direct analysis of point mutations

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 387, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-121

  Parsons, Barbara L ^a   Heflich, Robert H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotypic selection; Mutation detection; Point mutation; Polymerase chain reaction; Pool screening; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW;

EID: 0030777020     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5742(97)00026-4     Document Type: Article

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