Southern blot analysis at UCSF
- Definition
- A nucleic acid assay for testing for either a nucleotide repeat expansion (e.g., the trinucleotide repeat expansion associated with Huntington disease) or one or more specific mutations (e.g., Glu6Val for sickle cell anemia, a panel of mutations for cystic fibrosis). Deletion/duplication analysis and family-specific mutation analysis are excluded from this definition.
- Synonyms
- Southern blot
- Categories
- Assay → Molecular assay → Nucleic acid assay → Southern blot analysis
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Mission Bay, Parnassus
Cell and Genome Engineering Core
Mission Bay, Parnassus
Contact: General Inquiries
(415) 476-8831
cgecore@ucsf.edu
- Southern blot