Improved electrophoretic separation of polymorphic short tandem repeats in agarose gels using bis-benzimide

BioTechniques

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 634-636

  Kristensen, Vessela Nedelcheva ^a   Børresen Dale, Anne Lise ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

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Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0030851805     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/97234bm18     Document Type: Article

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