Alu PCR

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 687, Issue , 2011, Pages 221-229

  Cardelli, Maurizio ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alu; Alu PCR; Genetic polymorphisms; Genomic fingerprinting; Germline mutations; Inter Alu PCR; Retrotransposable elements; Somatic mutations

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ALU SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALU ELEMENTS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 78650839055     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-944-4_15     Document Type: Chapter

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