Development of a simple and sensitive technique for detection of point mutations in the K-ras oncogene

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-121

  Fernandez Vega C ^a   Garcia Olmo D C ^a   Ballesteros, M A ^a   Garcia Olmo D ^b  

^a Departamento de Medicina Interna   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood; K ras mutations; Mutant allele specific amplification

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; DNA; GUANINE; THYMINE;

ALLELE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE K RAS; POINT MUTATION; RAT; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, RAS; METHODS; POINT MUTATION; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; TETRAGASTRIS BALSAMIFERA;

EID: 0036796891     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:22:2:115     Document Type: Article

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