Origin of spurious multiple bands in the amplification of microsatellite sequences

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-51

  Bovo, D ^a   Rugge, M ^a   Shiao, Y H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microsatellite; Multiple bands; Polymerase chain reaction artifact

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH;

EID: 0032956745     PISSN: 13668714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mp.52.1.50     Document Type: Article

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