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What is mean of hybridization of dna using gene specific probe?

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  1. Basically the binding of a DNA probe (which has a sequence specific for a certain gene) to samples of other denatured (single strand) DNA.

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    A gene probe is composed of nucleic acid molecules, most often double-stranded DNA. It consists of either an entire gene or a fragment of a gene with a known function. Alternatively, short pieces of single-stranded DNA can be synthesized, based on the nucleotide sequence of the known gene. These are commonly referred to as oligonucleotides. Both natural and synthetic oligonucleotides are used to detect complementary DNA or RNA targets in samples. Double-stranded DNA probes must be denatured(become single stranded) before the hybridization reaction; oligonucleotide and RNA probes, which are single-stranded, do not need to be denatured. Target nucleic acids are denatured by high temperature or high pH, and then the labeled gene probe is added. If the target nucleic acid in the sample contains the same nucleotide sequence as that of the gene probe, the probe will form hydrogen bonds with the target. Thus the labeled probe becomes specifically associated with the target  

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