Determination of complement factor H functional polymorphisms (V62I, Y402H, and E936D) using sequence-specific primer PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphisms

Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 303-310

  Bíro, Adrienn ^a   Prohászka, Zoltán ^a   Füst, George ^a   Blaskó, Bernadett ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 33749850271     PISSN: 11771062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03256205     Document Type: Article

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