A simple, sensitive and safe method to determine the human α/β-tryptase genotype

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Le, Quang Trong ^a   Lotfi Emran, Sahar ^a   Min, Hae Ki ^a   Schwartz, Lawrence B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ALPHA TRYPTASE GENE; ARTICLE; BETA TRYPTASE GENE; CHEMICAL LABELING; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; MARKER GENE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME 16; GENE; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; GENES; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPTASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920130607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114944     Document Type: Article

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