Real-time PCR using molecular beacons for accurate detection of the Y chromosome in single human blastomeres

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1155-1164

  Pierce, Kenneth E ^a   Rice, John E ^a   Aquiles Sanchez, J ^a   Brenner, Carol ^b   Wangh, Lawrence J ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science of Saint Barnabas   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescent PCR; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Quantitative PCR; Sexing human cells; Y chromosome detection

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTEINASE K;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CHROMOSOME 17; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033669126     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/6.12.1155     Document Type: Article

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