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heteroduplex analysis

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-003864

A laboratory method used to detect sequence differences between normal DNA and the DNA to be tested. Heteroduplex analysis is commonly used to screen for point variants (mutations) in a gene but does not identify the exact location of the variant.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-003864
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-003864",
  "term": "heteroduplex analysis",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A laboratory method used to detect sequence differences between normal DNA and the DNA to be tested. Heteroduplex analysis is commonly used to screen for point variants (mutations) in a gene but does not identify the exact location of the variant.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/heteroduplex-analysis/"
}

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