Molecular Diagnostics
by Buckingham, Lela; Flaws, Maribeth L., Ph.D.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-05-15
Publisher(s): F a Davis Co
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Summary
The most comprehensive text available for the study of molecular diagnostics in the clinical laboratory setting. "Molecular Diagnostics" will provide students with the background they need to understand the principles behind diagnostic tests that use molecular techniques. With its grounding in molecular biology and emphasis on the fluid nature of this topic as improved diagnostic technologies emerge, this text is the perfect balance between theory and application.
Table of Contents
| Fundamentals of nucleic acid biochemistry : an overview | p. 1 |
| DNA | p. 1 |
| RNA | p. 27 |
| Proteins | p. 48 |
| Common techniques in molecular biology | p. 65 |
| Nucleic acid extraction methods | p. 65 |
| Resolution and detection of nucleic acids | p. 80 |
| Analysis and characterization of nucleic acids and proteins | p. 94 |
| Nucleic acid amplification | p. 121 |
| Chromosomal structure and chromosomal mutations | p. 155 |
| Gene mutations | p. 173 |
| DNA sequencing | p. 203 |
| Techniques in the clinical lab | p. 225 |
| DNA polymorphisms and human identification | p. 225 |
| Detection and identification of microorganisms | p. 263 |
| Molecular detection of inherited diseases | p. 310 |
| Molecular oncology | p. 332 |
| DNA-based tissue typing | p. 376 |
| Quality assurance and quality control in the molecular laboratory | p. 403 |
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