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Clonal Determination of Uterine Leiomyomas by Analyzing Differential Inactivation of the X-Chromosome-Linked Phosphoglycerokinase Gene
1 Mar 2010
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To investigate the clonality of uterine leiomyomas, we developed a PCR-based method involving the differential inactivation of the X-chromosome-linked phosphoglycerokinase (PGK) gene. Small DNA samples of 22 leiomyomas from 9 Japanese patients, showing heterozygosity at the BstXI site of the PGK gene, were digested with the methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme HpaII. Only the inactive (methylated) PGK gene...
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