Molecular Diagnostics questions with correct answers

Define Molecular Diagnostics - Answer Use of DNA, RNA and protein aka amino acid, to test for specific disease What is one of the way molecular diagnostic are use in the lab and gave an example? - Answer To speed up the identification of 1) slow growing microrganism 2) Fastidious microrganisms 3) Microrganism that wont grow on conventional media> What are the Molecular diagnostic Principle and describle each one? - Answer 1) Target sequence, which is to target the a base sequence for that a single specific mircoorganism. 2) Amplification which is the replication of the target sequence that we are after. 3) Detection is use to detect that we have the right sequence after all. Describe DNA transcription - Answer The process through which DNA sequence is enzymatically copied by RNA polymerase to produce a complemetary RNA, aka messager RNA (mRNA) Describe the structure of DNA. - Answer 1) It is a double helix 2) Sugar 3) Phosphate group 4) Base