Molecular Cytogenetics Protocols and Applications

With the proliferation of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques as a powerful diagnostic tool in many areas of medicine, the variety and complexity of tests pose bewildering choices even for long-experienced laboratory technologists and physicians. In Molecular Cytogenetics: Protocols...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fan, Yao-Shan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ Humana 2003, 2003
Edition:1st ed. 2003
Series:Methods in Molecular Biology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Basic Concepts and Techniques
  • Molecular Cytogenetics in Medicine
  • Labeling Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Probes for Genomic Targets
  • Labeling Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Probes for RNA Targets
  • Basic FISH Techniques and Troubleshooting
  • Evolving Techniques and Applications
  • Chromosome Microdissection
  • Primed In Situ Labeling
  • Spectral Karyotyping
  • Multicolor FISH
  • Characterization of Constitutional Chromosome Abnormalities by Comparative Genomic Hybridization
  • Color Banding
  • Multicolor Fiber FISH
  • Multi-Telomere FISH
  • Fluorescence Genotyping for Screening Cryptic Telomeric Rearrangements
  • Microarray CGH
  • Special Applications in Chromosomal Disorders
  • Molecular Approaches for Delineating Marker Chromosomes
  • Interphase FISH for Prenatal Diagnosis of Common Aneuploidies
  • Prenatal Diagnosis of Chromosomal Abnormalities Using Maternal Blood
  • Preimplantation FISH Diagnosis of Aneuploidies
  • Microdeletion Syndromes
  • Molecular Detection of Uniparental Disomy
  • Molecular Cytogenetics in Reproductive Pathology
  • Special Applications in Oncology
  • Interphase FISH Studies of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
  • Chromogenic In Situ Hybridization and FISH in Pathology
  • FISH Detection of HER2 Amplification in Breast Cancer
  • Comparative Genomic Hybridization in Cancer Investigations
  • Simultaneous Fluorescence Immunophenotyping and FISH on Tumor Cells
  • BAC Resource for Molecular Cytogenetics