Article
Detection of delta F508 cystic fibrosis mutation by polymerase chain reaction from old paraffin-embedded tissues: a retrospective autopsy study.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Apr 1994
Palacios J, Ezquieta B, Gamallo C, Limeres M A, Benito N, Rodriguez J I, Molano J
Abstract excerpt
This study analyzes the usefulness of the polymerase chain reaction technique in the detection of delta F508 mutation in 11- to 25-yr-old formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues obtained from the autopsy of 38 cystic fibrosis patients (nine with meconium ileus). Two different pairs of oligonucle...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Cystic Fibrosis
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA Primers
- Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
- Formaldehyde
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Meconium
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
