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Fol. Biol. 2004, 50, 21-23

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2004050010021

Fluorescence-Based Automated Fragment Analysis of Microsatellite Polymorphism within the Transmembrane Region of the MIC-A Gene

Peter Novota1,2, L. Kolesár2, A. Slavčev2, M. Černá1

1Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
2Department of Immunogenetics, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

Received November 2003
Accepted January 2004

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