Heteroduplex formation in SMN gene dosage analysis

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 150-157

  Ogino, S ^a   Leonard, D G B ^a   Rennert, H ^a   Gao, S ^a   Wilson, R B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETERODUPLEX; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 0035179032     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-1578(10)60666-6     Document Type: Article

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