Comparison of conformation-sensitive gel electrophoresis and single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis for detection of mutations in the BRCA1 gene using optimized conformation analysis protocols

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-150

  Markoff, Arseni ^a,b   Sormbroen, Helene ^a   Bogdanova, Nadia ^a   Preisler Adams, Sabine ^a   Ganev, Varban ^b   Dworniczak, Bernd ^a   Horst, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

BRCA1; Conformation sensitive gel electrophoresis; Hereditary breast cancer; Mutation detection; Single strand conformation polymorphism analysis

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; DNA; MACROGOL 6000;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTRON; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0031978284     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200171     Document Type: Article

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