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. 1988 Sep 1;319(9):537-41.
doi: 10.1056/NEJM198809013190903.

Diagnosis of sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia with enzymatically amplified DNA and nonradioactive allele-specific oligonucleotide probes

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Diagnosis of sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia with enzymatically amplified DNA and nonradioactive allele-specific oligonucleotide probes

R K Saiki et al. N Engl J Med. .

Abstract

We have developed a simple and rapid nonradioactive method for detecting genetic variation and have applied it to the diagnosis of sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia. The procedure involves the selective amplification of a segment of the human beta-globin gene with oligonucleotide primers and a thermostable DNA polymerase, followed by hybridization of the amplified DNA with allele-specific oligonucleotide probes covalently labeled with horseradish peroxidase. The hybridized probes were detected with a simple colorimetric assay. We demonstrated the usefulness of this method in a retrospective analysis of two pregnancies at risk for beta-thalassemia and one at risk for sickle cell anemia, as well as in an analysis of nine DNA samples simulating three family sets.

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