Which of the following targets is tissue specific but not necessarily tumor specific?

In PCR-SSOP methods for HLA typing, the primers used to amplify the region are complementary to sequences present in which exon of the class II genes?

Five one- and two-base repeat loci were tested for instability, comparing cancer tissue to reference normal tissue from the same patient. Three of the five loci showed additional alleles in the cancer cells compared to the normal cells. How is this interpreted?

A PCR assay is performed on a patient with presumptive mantle cell lymphoma using primers against the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene and the cyclin D1 (CCND1) gene. Capillary gel electrophoresis was used for product detection, and the patient did not have a detectable PCR product. All controls were acceptable. Which of the following is the correct interpretation of this result?

Herceptin (trastuzumab) therapy works best on what tumors?

This gene is frequently tested with K-ras and works on the same pathway downstream of K-ras in colon cancer.

These genes form a dimeric enzyme that catalyzes decarboxylation of isocitrate into alpha-ketoglutarate.

What are the two checkpoints of the cell division cycle?

Lymphocytes ______________ in order the fight pathogens.

The vena cavae are the largest of what type of vessel?