Mutation screening in the human ε-globin gene using single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-138

  Papachatzopoulou, Adamantia ^a   Menounos, Panagiotis G ^b   Kolonelou, Christina ^a   Patrinos, George P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Nursing Military Academy   (Greece)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

globin gene; Mutation screening; PCR; SSCP

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPSILON GLOBIN GENE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLOBIN GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; YOLK SAC;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES; GENETIC SCREENING; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

EID: 32144453679     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20580     Document Type: Article

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