Discrimination of suballeles present at TNFd microsatellite locus using induced heteroduplex analysis

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 76-79

  Spink, C F ^a   Keen, L J ^a   Middleton, P G ^b   Bidwell, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homoplasy; IHG technology; TNFd suballeles

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; HETERODUPLEX; MICROSATELLITE DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERROR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 3242780084     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364039     Document Type: Article

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