Molecular beacons: A new approach for semiautomated mutation analysis

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 482-486

  Giesendorf, Belinda A J ^a   Vet, Jacqueline A M ^b   Tyagi, Sanjay ^b   Mensink, Ewald J M G ^a   Trijbels, Frans J M ^a   Blom, Henk J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MUTATION RATE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE;

EID: 0031952376     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.3.482     Document Type: Article

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