Assay design affects the interpretation of T-cell receptor gamma gene rearrangements: Comparison of the performance of a one-tube assay with the BIOMED-2-based TCRG gene clonality assay

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 787-796

  Cushman Vokoun, Allison M ^a   Connealy, Solomon ^a   Greiner, Timothy C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b InVivoScribe Technologies LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; FLUOROCHROME STAINING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR CLONING; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 78049412240     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2010.090183     Document Type: Article

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