Lab science Flashcards

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How does FISH work?

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Molecular cytogenetic technique that uses fluorescent probes that bind to only those parts of a nucleic acid sequence with a high degree of sequence complementarity.

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What is the point of FISH?

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Detect and localize the presence or absence of specific DNA sequences on chromosomes (like BCR-ABL gene mutation).

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