Simple method for haplotypine the poly(TG) repeat in individuals carrving the IVS8 5T allele in the CFTR gene

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 531-533

  Mantovani, Vilma ^a   Garagnani, Paolo ^a,b   Selva, Paola ^a   Rossi, Cesare ^a   Ferrari, Simona ^a   Cenci, Mannella ^a   Calza, Nilla ^a   Cerreta, Vincenzo ^a   Luiselli, Donata ^b   Romeo, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE; THYMINE; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; CFTR PROTEIN, HUMAN; POLYNUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGENESIS; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAS DEFERENS; BLOOD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; PANCREATITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATITIS; POLYNUCLEOTIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 33947396757     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.074807     Document Type: Article

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