Comparative Methods to Improve the Detection of BRAF V600 Mutations in Highly Pigmented Melanoma Specimens

Genotyping BRAF in melanoma samples is often challenging. The presence of melanin greatly interferes with thermostable DNA polymerases and/or nucleic acids in traditional polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods. In the present work, we evaluated three easy-to-use strategies to improve the dete...

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Main Authors: Frouin, Eric, Maudelonde, Thierry, Senal, Romain, Larrieux, Marion, Costes, Valérie, Godreuil, Sylvain, Vendrell, Julie A., Solassol, Jérôme
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4965116/