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Hepatitis

What is hepatitis? The name is derived from “Hepatic” or Liver infecting Virus What are the different hepatitis viruses? The 5 types of hepatitis virusses are HAV, ABV, HCV, HDV and HEV How hepatitis is caused? Hepatitis B by sexual transmission, others by body fluid. What is the mode of transmission for viral hepatitis? By

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Lenti-virus

How does lentivirus integrate? Gentaur sells ready to use lentiviral particles for direct endocytosis. The RNA is released and transcribed into cDNA that in the nucleus will only integrate into dividing cells. We also sell the plasmids and with HEK293T cell to make your own and titrate the quantity. Why do we use lentivirus? For

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Mouse Genomic DNA

Why we use mouse genomic DNA? Mouse Genomic DNA is an universal external standard qPCR. Should we avoid repeated thaw cycles while using mouse genomic DNA? Yes the DNA will be degrade by the freeze thaw process. What is the difference between cDNA and Genomic DNA? cDNA is made from mRNA and displays no exons.

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