A larger spectrum of intragenic short tandem repeats improves linkage analysis and localization of intragenic recombination detection in the dystrophin gene. An analysis of 93 families from Southern Italy

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-69

  Carsana, Antonella ^a   Frisso, Giulia ^a   Tremolaterra, Maria Roberta ^a   Ricci, Elisabetta ^a   De Rasmo, Domenico ^a   Salvatore, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FAMILY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEIOSIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEDIGREE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DYSTROPHIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PEDIGREE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 33947534853     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060056     Document Type: Article

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