Information on histotechniques. Includes: Fixation - types of fixatives; factors affecting fixation; General usage of fixatives; Tissue Processing; Sectioning; Frozen Sections; Staining; H and E staining; Coverslipping; Decalcification; Artefacts in Histologic Sections; Problems in Tissue Processing. - [Read Histotechniques Fixation]
Purification protocols of the viruses: HIV-1, Lassa virus, oncornavirus and other retroviruses. Protocol uses an iodixanol gradient in a sedimentation velocity mode to purifyHIV-1 virions without affecting the infectivity of the virus. In rate-zonal iodixanol gradients the HIV-1 was effectively separated both from Vif and from the microvesicles. - [Read M5 Velocity (rate zonal) gradients for purification and assembly analysis of viruses.]
PCR primer design and pcr reaction optimization. Ed Rybicki. Factors Affecting the PCR, Denaturing Temperature and Time, Annealing Temperature and Primer Design,
Primer Length, Degenerate Primers, Elongation , Temperature and Time, Reaction Buffer, Cycl - [Read PCR primer design and pcr reaction optimization.]
Plasmodium vivax is the second most prevalent malaria parasite affecting more than 75 million people each year, mostly in South America and Asia. In addition to major morbidity this parasite is associated with relapses and a reduction in birthweight. Practical PCR genotyping protocols based on polymorphic loci present in two P. vivax genetic markers. - [Read Practical PCR Genotyping Protocols for Plasmodium vivax using Pvcs and Pvmsp1]
Telomere length can vary from strain to strain and is sensitive to a variety of mutants affecting DNA and chromosome function. Includes: Gel Protocol; Southern blot using oligo probe. - [Read Telomere Length Determination Protocol]