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Analysis of the allele-specific PCR method for the detection of neoplastic disease.
Diagnostic molecular pathology : the American journal of surgical pathology, part B - 1 Feb 1997
Rhodes C H, Honsinger C, Porter D M, Sorenson G D
Abstract excerpt
PCR assays for the presence of mutant K-ras or p53 sequences are potentially useful as sensitive tests for tumor diagnosis. The technical challenge is to design assays sensitive enough to detect a few molecules of mutant DNA yet sufficiently specific that a false positive signal is not produced by a 10(5)- or 10(6)-fold excess of normal DNA. We determined the detection limit of allele-specific PCR (ASA) as a...
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