DNA probe


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DNA probe


n.
1. a laboratory-produced quantity of a known segment of labeled DNA that is used for finding matching DNA in a biological sample, as blood or hair, by the base-pairing of strands from both sources.
2. a search or examination with such a DNA segment.
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The new probe design permits the detection of such targets without the disadvantages encompassed in competing high-sensitivity methods such as nucleic acid amplification-based detection and branched DNA probe technologies.
Various disorders including congenital anomalies, developmental delays and malignant disorders are routinely tested by conventional karyotyping.1 Whereas, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) utilizes a fluorophore labeled DNA probe that specifically binds to nucleic acid sequence of interest.
M2 PHARMA-July 8, 2014-Study shows superiority of Dako's HER2 IQFISH pharmDx kit over Abbott's PathVysion HER-2 DNA Probe kit
Theblots were showed strong hybridization signals in the area corresponding to the phloem in faba bean stem tissues when reacted with digoxgenin-labeled phytoplasma DNA probe. No signal was observed with DNA extraction from asymptomatic faba bean tissues (row c: 3 4: Fig.
Electrodes modified with polyaniline and gold nanoparticles were coated by a monolayer of 17-mer thiol-tethered DNA probe and 6-mercapto-1-hexanol (MCH).
We will take bacterial samples from the water, pull out the DNA and check whether it complements our DNA probe. If it does, it will produce a color response and then we'll know that the water is contaminated," Patel explained.
The charge of this synthetic DNA analogue can be tuned by adding cationic amino acids to the end, while its affinity for the DNA probe can be controlled by introducing mismatches to its sequence.
Bacterial vaginosis NuSwab [SM] VG includes tests for three bacterial species quantitatively, unlike other DNA probe methodologies, which test only for G vaginalis as a single marker.
In this design, the autonomous DNA machine was triggered by the hybridization between a long DNA probe sequence and a short target DNA sequence in the presence of polymerase and endonuclease.
The most common molecular test classified as not recommended that was ordered was for the detection of an agent not otherwise specified by amplified DNA probe method.
The second most common test performed, a direct DNA probe to search for G.

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