A rapid method for detecting mutations of the human LDL receptor gene by complete cDNA sequencing

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-20

  Liguori, Rosario ^a   Argiriou, Anagnostis ^b   De Simone, Vincenzo ^a,b  

^a CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automated; Hypercholesterolemia; LDL receptor; Mutation; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037292595     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-8508(02)00113-5     Document Type: Article

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