Difference between revisions of "Molecular pathology"
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| PCR + sequencing ''or'' enzyme digestion and electrophoresis | | PCR + sequencing ''or'' enzyme digestion and electrophoresis | ||
| '''high resolution''' (can find very small changes, e.g. base pair substitutions) - considered gold standard; can be done on [[formalin]] fixed paraffin embedded tissue | | '''high resolution''' (can find very small changes, e.g. base pair substitutions) - considered gold standard; can be done on [[formalin]] fixed paraffin embedded tissue | ||
| expensive; thus, limited to small regions ('''target specific'''); enzyme digestion and electrophoresis is a compromise of sorts where one needs to know something about the expected abnormality; (gene) duplications may be difficult to prove; regions with many repeats difficult to sequence | | expensive; thus, limited to small regions ('''target specific'''); enzyme digestion and electrophoresis is a compromise of sorts where one needs to know something about the expected abnormality; (gene) duplications may be difficult to prove; regions with many repeats may be difficult to sequence | ||
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