Molecular Genetics

In some couples with Y chromosome microdeletion test, male factor is observed and some of these patients are recommended to do the test. Specifically, chromosome analysis and Y chromosome microdeletion...

Factor V G1691A (Leiden) Mutation: Activated protein C (APC) inactivates factor Va and factor VIIIa in the coagulation mechanism. This inhibition does not occur in the presence of factor...

HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen) B27 is a protein found on the surface of white blood cells. This protein helps white blood cells to distinguish their structure from foreign matter. So it helps to distinguish...

Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplication is a Multiplex PCR method that enables the detection of the Abnormal Copies Number in the genomic DNA or RNA sequence to allow separation even in sequences...

Microbiology is a very wide field of science that identifies the infectious agents that cause infectious diseases and examines their relationships with the host and changes in the host as a result of...

Papillomaviruses are small DNA viruses that are members of the Papovaviridae family. The type of papillomavirus that causes infections in humans is called Human Papilloma Virus (HPV or IPV). HPV is an...

The virus that causes hepatitis C is the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), a member of the Flaviviridae family. The genetic material of HCV, a sheathed virus, consists of a single-strand ribonucleic acid (RNA)...

The virus that causes hepatitis C is the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), a member of the Flaviviridae family. The genetic material of HCV, an enveloped virus, consists of 9.6 strips of single-strand ribonucleic...

HBV is a 40-45nm enveloped, double-stranded DNA virus belonging to the Hepadnaviridae family. The combination of transcriptase enzyme to genome replication makes HBV replication different from other...