In eukaryotes, the cap site is the position in the gene at which transcription starts, and really should be called the "transcription initiation site". The first nucleotide is transc [..]

It is the external protein coat of a virus particle.

A strand of RNA synthesized in-vitro (usually radiolabeled) and used as a probe for hybridization reactions. An RNA probe can be synthesized at very high specific activity, is single stranded (and the [..]

It refers to the movement of a single replication fork from a given origin.

The absolute quantitation assay is used to quantitate unknown samples by interpolating their quantity from a standard curve. Adapter:

One of the purine bases found in DNA and RNA (6-aminopurine), one member of the base pair A-T (adenine- thymine).

An enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of phosphomonoesters of the 5' nucleotides. Used to dephosphorylate (remove phosphate groups from) the 5' ends of DNA or RNA molecules, to facilitate [..]

An allele is one of the alternative (two or more) forms of a particular gene inherited separately from each parent; usually found at the same locus on homologous chromosomes. Equivalent genes in the t [..]

Technique permitting discrimination of two allele at locus by providing two short synthetic oligonucleotides that would bind adjacent to teach other on amplified DNA fragment, and would be ligated in [..]

Assays designed to type for gene variants. Either differentially labeled (TaqMan®) probes (one for each variant) or a single probe and melting curve analysis can be used for this purpose. Alternative [..]