DNA amplification techniques in pharmacogenomics

Pharmacogenomics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 845-860

  Morlighem, Jean Étienne ^a   Harbers, Matthias ^a,b   Traeger Synodinos, Jan ^c   Lezhava, Alexander ^a  

^a RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b DNAFORM Inc   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

DNA amplification; genotyping; isothermal amplification; mutation detection; pharmacogenomics; SNP; whole genome amplification

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE;

COAMPLIFICATION AT LOWER DENATURATION TEMPERATURE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PROBE; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HELICASE DEPENDENT AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; LIGATION MEDIATED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; METHYLATION SPECIFIC POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MOLECULAR INVERSION PROBE; MULTIPLE DISPLACEMENT AMPLIFICATION; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHARMACOGENETICS; PHARMACOGENOMICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMASE BASED WHOLE GENOME AMPLIFICATION; REVIEW; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOMATIC MUTATION; WHOLE GENOME AMPLIFICATION;

EPIGENOMICS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHARMACOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 79959389715     PISSN: 14622416     EISSN: 17448042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/pgs.11.10     Document Type: Review

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