Prevalence of ΔF508, G551D, G542X, and R553X mutations among cystic fibrosis patients in the North of Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-15

  de Araujo F G ^a   Novaes, F C ^a   dos Santos, N P C ^a   Martins, V C ^a   de Souza, S M ^a   dos Santos, S E B ^a   Ribeiro dos Santos, Andrea K C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon region; Bel m; Cystic fibrosis; G551D gene; Gene mutations; F508 gene

Indexed keywords

SILVER NITRATE; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; CFTR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ETHNOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MUTATION; PREVALENCE;

BRAZIL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE;

EID: 14044255855     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2005000100003     Document Type: Article

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