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Allele drop-out in the MECP2 gene due to G-quadruplex and i-motif sequences when using polymerase chain reaction-based diagnosis for Rett syndrome.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Apr 2010
Saunders Carol J, Friez Michael J, Patterson Melanie, Nzabi Masha, Zhao Weiwei, Bi Chengpeng
Abstract excerpt
Although few examples are formally documented, all polymerase chain reaction-based testing is theoretically vulnerable to allele drop-out (ADO), the failure to amplify one of the two alleles present in a cell. In a clinical setting, this can lead to false positive or negative diagnosis. We invest...
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