Genotyping UGT1A1(TA)n polymorphism rare variants by high resolution melting curve analysis

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 412, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 489-490

  Ostanek, Barbara ^a   Furlan, Danijela ^b   BrataniČ, Borut ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b General Hospital Novo mesto   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1;

ADULT; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GILBERT DISEASE; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING CURVE ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT;

GENOTYPE; GILBERT DISEASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TATA BOX; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78650898987     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.11.029     Document Type: Letter

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