Application of FTA® sample collection and DNA purification system on the determination of CTG trinucleotide repeat size by PCR-based southern blotting

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 188-193

  Hsiao, Kuang Ming ^a   Lin, Her Maw ^a   Pan, Huichin ^a   Li, Tung Cheng ^a   Chen, Sung Sheng ^c   Jou, Shuo Bin ^d   Chiu, Ya Lan ^a   Wu, Ming Fang ^a   Lin, Chyi Chyang ^a,b   Li, Shuan You ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CTG trinucleotide repeat; DM diagnosis; FTA Gene Guard System; Myotonic dystrophy; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA PURIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL LINE; DNA; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032588465     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2825(1999)13:4<188::AID-JCLA8>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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