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Giemsa banding
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G banding — (= Giemsa banding) Spreads of metaphase chromosomes, treated briefly with protease then stained with Giemsa, produce characteristic banding patterns that allow identification of the separate chromosomes. The deeply staining G bands do not… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Giemsa — Gustav, German bacteriologist, 1867–1948. See G. stain, G. chromosome banding stain. * * * Gi·em·sa gē em zə n GIEMSA STAIN Giemsa adj Giemsa Gustav (1867 1948) German chemist and pharmacist. For more than thirty years Giemsa did research at an… … Medical dictionary
banding patterns — Chromosomes stained with certain dyes, commonly quinacrine (Q banding) or Giemsa (G banding), show a pattern of transverse bands of light and heavy staining that is characteristic for the individual chromosome. The basis of the differential… … Dictionary of molecular biology
C banding — (= centromeric banding) Method of defining chromosome structure by staining with Giemsa and looking at the banding pattern in the heterochromatin of the centromeric regions. Giemsa banding (G banding) of the whole chromosome gives higher… … Dictionary of molecular biology
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C banding — centromeric banding differential staining of chromosomes to elicit chromosome bands, using a method that specifically stains the regions of the chromosomes that contain constitutive heterochromatin (C bands), particularly the pericentromeric… … Medical dictionary
G banding — differential staining of chromosomes to elicit chromosome bands (G bands), consisting of pretreatment with a salt solution or with proteolytic enzymes (usually trypsin or pronase) before staining with Giemsa solution. Such bands are AT rich,… … Medical dictionary
GTG banding — G banding in which trypsin is used as the pretreatment to Giemsa stain … Medical dictionary
