Angiotensinogen gene polymorphism of threonine/methionine at position 235 - Potential problems of the modified restriction endonuclease (Tth111-I) digestion method

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 314-317

  Kawada, Noritaka ^a   Moriyama, Toshiki ^a   Imai, Enyu ^a   Hori, Masatsugu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agt T235 M235; Incomplete digestion; Modified PCR RFLP; PCR ASO; Tth111 I

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; DNA; METHIONINE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; THREONINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; HUMANS; METHIONINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; THREONINE;

EID: 0031460063     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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