Abstract
Detection of mutations is of central importance in the study of genetic and malignant diseases. Mutation detection helps us in understanding the protein structure, function, and expression. More than that, it is also important for presymptomatic/antenatal diagnosis, confirmation of the genetic cause of the disease and the mode of inheritance of a disease in a particular family, the prediction of clinical phenotype, and the potential for diagnostic analysis in the case of families with incomplete pedigrees or with new mutations. Therefore, the importance of direct mutation analysis cannot be understated.
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Lakhotia, S., Somasundaram, K. (2003). Conformation-Sensitive Gel Electrophoresis for Detecting BRCA1 Mutations. In: El-Deiry, W.S. (eds) Tumor Suppressor Genes. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 223. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-329-1:403
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