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Laboratory techniques for the detection of mutations in DNA

 

 

Annamaria R. VagoI; Sérgio D.J. PenalII

IDepartamento de Morfologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
IIDepartamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Caixa Postal 486, 30161-970 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. Phone: (5531) 227-3496. Fax: (5531) 227-3792. Email: spena@dcc.ufmg.br. Send correspondence to S.D.J.P.

 

 


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Keywords: detection of mutations; DNA.


 

 

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