Sequence alterations can mask each other's presence during screening with SSCP or heteroduplex analysis: BRCA genes as examples

BioTechniques

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 94-98

  Orban, Tamas I ^a   Csokay, Bela ^a   Olah, Edith ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0033938641     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/00291st04     Document Type: Article

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