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Nucleic Acid or Protein Technique Notes

histochemical stains

the classical stains in pathology labs

IHC (immunohistochemical) stains

 large #s of markers & available in many community labs

cytochemical stains (leukemia Dx)

classical stains in hematology & cytopathology labs

electrophoresis

PCR (polymerase chain reaction DNA amplification) Roche Diagnostics
RT-PCR (reverse transcriptase PCR)  
TMA (transcription-mediated DNA amplification) Gen-Probe
LCR (ligase chain reaction DNA amplification) Abbott Laboratories
bDNA (branched-chain DNA) Bayer
FISH (fluorescent in-situ hybridization) Vysis/Abbott
CISH (chromogenic in-situ hybridization)  Ventanna
DNA Sequencing Visible Genetics
Applied Biosystems
Beckman Coulter
SDA (strand displacement amplification) Becton Dickinson
Dot blot (DNA Dot-blot Hybridization)  
Slot blot  
SB (immunoblot...Southern Blot) a labled DNA method in 1970s by E. M. Southern to detect DNA segments
NB (immunoblot...northern Blot) a labled DNA method to detect mRNA segments
WB (immunoblot...western Blot) a labled antibody method to detect specific cell proteins
SWB (immunoblot...southwestern Blot) a labled DNA probe method to detect specific cell proteins
EITB (enzyme-linked immunotransfer blot assay)  
   
   
  1. See Wikipedia on-line community-created encyclopedia, beginning with category of "science", then "laboratory", then "laboratory techniques".

(posted 2004; latest addition 22 July 2005)

 
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