Nomenclature of Cystic Fibrosis Sequence Variants in Luminex xTAG® Cystic Fibrosis Kits

10 Sept 2014

This white paper provides background on the nomenclature for CFTR sequence variants, and is meant to serve as a resource for linking the legacy names used by the xTAG® Cystic Fibrosis (CF) kit to the HGVS nomenclature.

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Nomenclature of Cystic Fibrosis Sequence Variants in Luminex xTAG® Cystic Fibrosis Kits