Accurate determination of copy number variations (CNVs): Application to the α- and β-defensin CNVs

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-44

  Nuytten, Hilde ^a   Wlodarska, Iwona ^a   Nackaerts, Kristiaan ^b   Vermeire, Séverine ^b   Vermeesch, Joris ^a   Cassiman, Jean Jacques ^a   Cuppens, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Copy number variation; Defensins; Quantification; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHROMOSOME 8P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIPLOIDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ALPHA-DEFENSINS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65049091086     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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