Detection of a novel 1905C→T mutation within the dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase gene and potential for misclassification with the exon 14-skipping mutation [2]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 707-708

  Lazar, Andreas ^a   Weissenborn, Soenke Jan ^a   Gründemann, Dirk ^a   Berkels, Reinhard ^a   Fuhr, Uwe ^a   Pfister, Herbert ^a   Schömig, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; FLUOROURACIL;

DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DIHYDROURACIL DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; HUMANS; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0037381015     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.4.707     Document Type: Letter

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