title: Allele-specific polymerase chain reaction: a method for amplification and sequence determination of a single component among a mixture of sequence variants.
abstract: A new technique is described for amplifying individual alleles in a mixture of two or more alleles by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to determine their nucleotide sequence. This technique involves amplifying and separating target sequences by the PCR-mediated single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) method, isolating each polymorphic DNA strand, and amplifying it by a second-stage PCR for its sequence determination. By this technique, the sequence of a minor constituent (approximately 3%) can be determined accurately.
authors.affiliation: Oncogene Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sekiya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D005091:Exons; D005784:Gene Amplification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic