Development of long PCR techniques to analyze deletion mutations of the human hprt gene

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 403, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 171-175

  Van Houten, Bennett ^a   Chen, Yiming ^a   Nicklas, Janice A ^b   Rainville, Irene R ^b   O'Neill, J Patrick ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GeneticToxicology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Deletion; Hprt; Human; Mutation; PCR

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0032541148     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(98)00076-1     Document Type: Article

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