Detection of genetic point mutations by peptide nucleic acid-mediated polymerase chain reaction clamping using paraffin-embedded specimens

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 169-172

  Myal, Yvonne ^a   Blanchard, Anne ^a   Watson, Peter ^a   Corrin, Michael ^a   Shiu, Robert ^a   Iwasiow, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY;

PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; POINT MUTATIONS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PARAFFIN;

DNA DETERMINATION; EMBEDDING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NOTE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034307663     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abio.2000.4755     Document Type: Article

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