DNA-based diagnostics in the study of heritable and acquired disorders.

Article

DNA-based diagnostics in the study of heritable and acquired disorders.

The Journal of laboratory and clinical medicine - 1 Apr 1995

Shikata H, Utsumi N, Kuivaniemi H, Tromp G

Abstract excerpt

Recent advances in molecular biology techniques have made DNA diagnostics a reality. A major advance was the development of the polymerase chain reaction, which allows the direct analysis of a region of a known gene from minute quantities of template DNA. The DNA can even be isolated from such so...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
DNA
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Polymerase Chain Reaction

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