A combined allele-specific PCR and RFLP assay to detect the 35delG mutation in the Connexin 26 gene

Genetic Testing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 384-386

  Baris, Ibrahim ^a   Koksal, Vedat ^b   Etlik, Ozdal ^b,c  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BURC Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory Turkey   (Turkey)

^c Ahenk Clinical Laboratory   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ACCURACY; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NONSYNDROMIC RECESSIVE DEAFNESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11444266011     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2004.8.384     Document Type: Article

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