Alu-splice PCR: A simple method to isolate exon-containing fragments from cloned human genomic DNA

Human Genetics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 346-350

  Fuentes, Juan José ^a   Pucharcós, Carles ^a   Pritchard, Melanie ^a   Estivill, Xavier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME MAP; CODING; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA DETERMINATION; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031447971     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050639     Document Type: Article

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