Quick Review Cards for Medical Laboratory Science

Gene Expression Terminology Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 538 TERM EXPLANATION Gene expression Messenger RNA (mRNA) Ribosom ...

Gene Expression Terminologycontinued Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 539 TERM EXPLANATION Codon Start codon Termination codon ...

Protein Synthesis Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 540 STEP EXPLANATION Transcription Translation RNA polymerase binds to pro ...

Basic MDx Terminology Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 541 Molecular diagnostics Extraction RNase DNase Target Hybridization H ...

Basic MDx Terminologycontinued Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 542 Nucleic acid probe Homologous Short strand of DNA or RNA w ...

Overview of MDx Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 543 Specimen collection Specimen processing Nucleic acid extraction Nucleic a ...

Blood Collection Tubes for MDx Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 544 STOPPER COLOR CONTENT USE Lavender EDTA Isolation of DNA & ...

Specimens for MDx Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 545 SPECIMEN USE/COMMENTS Whole blood/plasma Bone marrow Urine Feces Cerebr ...

Specimens for MDxcontinued Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 546 SPECIMEN USE/COMMENTS Tissue Hair/nails Formalin-fixed, paraff ...

Specimen Processing Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 547 SAMPLE PREPARATION Blood or bone marrow Plasma Tissue Bacteria/fungi ...

Isolation of DNA Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 548 STEP EXPLANATION Isolation of nucleated cells (if necessary) Release of ...

Comparison of RNA & DNA Isolation Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 549 Method Similar. Lysis of cells, isolation by phenol ...

Assessment of Nucleic Acid Yield/Quality Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 550 METHOD EXPLANATION ASSESSMENT Yield Purity DNA μ ...

Amplification Terminology Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 551 TERM EXPLANATION Amplification Target amplification Probe ampli ...

Amplification Terminologycontinued Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 552 TERM EXPLANATION Melting temperature (Tm) Anneal Polym ...

Amplification Terminologycontinued Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 553 TERM DEFINITION Thermocycler Amplicon Melting curve an ...

Components of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 554 COMPONENT ROLE Template DNA region to be am ...

Steps in PCR Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 555 STEP TEMP/TIME* EXPLANATION Denaturation (melting) dsDNA separated into 2 s ...

Steps in PCRcontinued Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 556 STEP TEMP/TIME* EXPLANATION Annealing (hybridization) Primers atta ...

Steps in PCRcontinued Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Review 557 STEP TEMP/TIME* EXPLANATION Extension (polymerization) Cycle repe ...