Clonal X-inactivation analysis of human tumours using the human androgen receptor gene (HUMARA) polymorphism: A non-radioactive and semiquantitative strategy applicable to fresh and archival tissue

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 217-228

  Kopp, Peter ^b   Jaggi, Rolf ^a   Tobler, Andreas ^a   Borisch, Bettina ^c   Oestreicher, Madeleine ^a   Sabacan, Leah ^b   Jameson, J Larry ^b   Fey, Martin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Human androgen receptor polymorphism; PCR; Tumour clonality; X inactivation analysis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RECEPTOR GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 0031170793     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1997.0099     Document Type: Article

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