title: An introduction to molecular biology: gene structure, expression, and mutation.
abstract: This mini-review outlines DNA structure and the regulation of gene expression. It then discusses the nature of mutations, techniques employed to detect them, and the limitations of these techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London WCIN 3JH, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Achan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics*; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D017354:Point Mutation / Q000235:genetics*