Direct gene diagnosis of cystic fibrosis by allele-specific polymerase chain reactions.

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Cloning of the cystic fibrosis gene and the identification of the predominant disease-causing mutation did not only help in the understanding of this frequent disease, but was immediately followed by applications in direct gene diagnosis. We describe a method for the detection of the so-called delta F508 deletion, which accounts for 70% of the mutations: a polymerase chain reaction with two different combinations...

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