Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving nucleic acid
Patent
1993-05-28
1997-12-09
Guzo, David
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving nucleic acid
435 912, 435 9152, C12Q 168, C12P 1934
Patent
active
056959338
ABSTRACT:
Methods of detecting expanded nucleotide repeats in genomic DNA in a biological sample are disclosed and methods for the diagnosis of pathological and potentially pathological conditions in an individual based on the detection of the presence of expanded nucleotide repeats.
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Housman David E.
Hudson Thomas J.
Schalling Martin
Guzo David
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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