High-resolution DNA melting analysis: Advancements and limitations

Human Mutation

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 857-859

  Wittwer, Carl T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterozygote scanning; HRM; HRMA; Snapback primer; Variant detection

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

AMPLICON; ANALYTIC METHOD; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA DENATURATION; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOTE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION;

EID: 66349095408     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.20951     Document Type: Note

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