Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving nucleic acid
Patent
1995-05-08
1998-05-19
Zitomer, Stephanie W.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving nucleic acid
435 912, 435810, 536 2433, C12Q 168, C12P 1934, C07H 2104
Patent
active
057534381
ABSTRACT:
New genetic markers for the presence of a mutation in the common hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) gene are disclosed. The multiplicity of markers permits definition of genotypes characteristic of carriers and homozygotes containing this mutation in their genomic DNA.
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Drayna Dennis T.
Feder John N.
Gnirke Andreas
Kimmel Bruce E.
Thomas Winston J.
Liljestrand Cheryl
Mercator Genetics, Inc.
Zitomer Stephanie W.
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