title: Rapid detection of single nucleotide deletions: application to the beta 6 (-A) mutation of the beta-globin gene and to cystic fibrosis.
abstract: The formation of heteroduplexes from the amplified products of homologous alleles has been shown to be useful in the identification of heterozygotes carrying deletion or insertion mutations. Here, we describe an improved procedure that allows the detection of single base pair (bp) deletions on nondenaturing polyacrylamide gels. Carriers for a common Mediterranean beta-thalassemic mutation, beta6 (-A), could be easily detected by use of this method, as could carriers of a 1-bp deletion in the cystic fibrosis gene.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U249/CNRS UPR 9008, Institut de Biologie, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Romey
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aguilar-Martinez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Demaille
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Claustres
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000235:genetics*; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis / Q000379:methods; D017931:DNA Primers; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005914:Globins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017354:Point Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D005914:Globins