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4. Pyrosequencing®: A Simple Method for Accurate Genotyping
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Pharmacogenetic research benefits first-hand from the abundance of information provided by the completion of the Human Genome Project. With such a tremendous amount of data available comes an explosion of genotyping methods. Pyrosequencing® is one of the most thorough yet simple methods to date used to analyze polymorphisms. It also has the ability to identify tri-allelic, indels, short-repeat polymorphisms, along with determining allele percentages for methylation or pooled sample assessment. In addition, there is a standardized control sequence that provides internal quality control. This method has led to rapid and efficient single-nucleotide polymorphism evaluation including many clinically relevant polymorphisms. The technique and methodology of Pyrosequencing is explained in this chapter.
Affiliation(s): (2) Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology  |  Volume: 373  |  Pub. Date: Nov-21-2006  |  Page Range: 39-55  |  DOI: 10.1385/1-59745-377-3:39
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