Analysis of mutational spectra by denaturing capillary electrophoresis

Nature Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1153-1166

  Ekstrøm, Per O ^a,b   Khrapko, Konstantin ^c   Li Sucholeiki, Xiao Cheng ^a,d   Hunter, Ian W ^a   Thilly, William G ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Agencourt Bioscience Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA POLYMERASE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL POPULATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELTING POINT; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NOISE REDUCTION; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION;

EID: 50249175128     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.79     Document Type: Article

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