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Real-time detection and quantification of mitochondrial mutations with oligonucleotide primers containing locked nucleic acid.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Apr 2008
Strand Harald, Ingebretsen Ole Christian, Nilssen Oivind
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BACKGROUND: The phenotypic expression of disorders caused by point mutations, deletions or depletions within the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) is heterogeneous. This relates to the phenomena of heteroplasmy, tissue threshold as well as the distribution of mutant DNA among tissues. Hence, the diagnostics of these disorders demands highly specific, sensitive and quantitative methods. METHODS: We have developed an...
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