β-Thalassemia Microelectronic Chip: A Fast and Accurate Method for Mutation Detection
Author(s) -
Barbara Foglieni,
Laura Cremonesi,
Maurizio Travi,
Anna Ravani,
Antonino Giambona,
Maria Cristina Rosatelli,
Chiara Perra,
Paolo Fortina,
Maurizio Ferrari
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2003.023077
Subject(s) - biotinylation , multiplex , microbiology and biotechnology , amplicon , mutation , genotyping , genetics , thalassemia , biology , polymerase chain reaction , genotype , gene
beta-Thalassemia is one of the most common genetic diseases in humans. We developed an automated electronic microchip for fast and reliable detection of the nine most frequent mutations accounting for >95% of the beta-thalassemia alleles in the Mediterranean area.
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