Typing of the nt343C>T (R95X) allele of the C9 gene by PCR-SSP and the allele frequency of R95X in five ethnic populations

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Tsujimura, Ryusuke ^a   Nishimukai, Hiroaki ^a   Okiura, Tatsuyuki ^a   Fukumori, Yasuo ^b   Tanabe, Ryosuke ^a   Orimoto, Chitoshi ^a   Ueda, Norifumi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complement C9; Deficiency; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Population study; Sequence specific primer (SSP)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9; PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GINSENG; HUMAN; ITALY; JAPANESE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; THAILAND;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPLEMENT C9; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 67349104854     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.01.043     Document Type: Article

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