Amplification failure of the amelogenin gene (AMELX) caused by a primer binding site mutation

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1180-1182

  Caratti, S ^a   Voglino, G ^b   Cirigliano, V ^c,d   Ghidini, A ^e   Taulli, R ^a   Torre, C ^a   Robino, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Promea SPA   (Italy)

^c General Lab   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e BORGO TRENTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amelogenin; Chromosome X aneuploidies; DNA; Fetal cells; General cytogenetics; Genetic counseling; Nucleic acids and proteins; Prenatal cytogenetics; QF PCR

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; GENOMIC DNA; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMER BINDING SITE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMELOGENIN; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA PRIMERS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

EID: 72149115121     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2389     Document Type: Article

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