Analysis of β-thalassemia mutations in northern Thailand using an automated fluorescence DNA sequencing technique

Hemoglobin

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-95

  Sirichotiyakul, Supatra ^a,b   Saetung, Rattika ^b   Sanguansermsri, Torpong ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Thalassemia (thal); DNA sequencing; Mutation analysis; Thailand; Thalessemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; GENOMIC DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CODON; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

AUTOMATION; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CODON; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THAILAND;

EID: 0038585087     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/HEM-120021541     Document Type: Article

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