by Chan Po Kwok. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-140). / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.iii / Publication --- p.iv / Abbreviations --- p.v / Table of Contents --- p.vi / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction / Chapter Section a --- Blood Coagulation --- p.1 / Chapter Section b --- The role of factor XII --- p.4 / Chapter Section c --- Genomic organisation of the human factor XII gene --- p.8 / Chapter Section d --- Protein structure of the human factor XII --- p.12 / Chapter Section e --- Mutations in factor XII --- p.16 / Chapter Section f --- Methods to detect mutations --- p.25 / Chapter Section g --- About the patient with factor XII deficiency --- p.29 / Chapter Section h --- Strategies used in this study --- p.30 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Methods and Materials / Chapter Section a --- Genomic DNA extraction --- p.33 / Chapter Section b --- Polymerase chain reaction amplification --- p.34 / Chapter Section c --- Cycle sequencing --- p.35 / Chapter Section d --- Restriction enzyme digestion and cloning of PCR products --- p.36 / Chapter Section e --- Reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction of factor XII ectopic transcript --- p.36 / Chapter Section f --- Subcloning of 95-bp novel fragment --- p.38 / Chapter Section g --- Gel mobility shift assay --- p.39 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Results / Chapter Section a --- Analysis of the catalytic region of the human factor XII --- p.41 / Chapter Section b --- Ectopic transcript of factor XII in peripheral blood lymphocytes --- p.65 / Chapter Section c --- Analysis of 3'end untranslated region of factor XII gene --- p.70 / Chapter Section d --- Analysis of 5' flanking region of factor XII gene --- p.75 / Chapter Section e --- Analysis of intron B --- p.94 / Chapter Section f --- Analysis of 5'-b PCR product --- p.98 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Discussions / Chapter Section a --- Mutations in the coding sequence of factor XII gene --- p.107 / Chapter Section b --- Ectopic transcript of factor XII in lymphocytes --- p.113 / Chapter Section c --- The 3'untranslated region of factor XII gene --- p.116 / Chapter Section d --- The 5'flanking region of factor XII gene --- p.117 / Chapter Section e --- Other possible explanations of undetectable factor XII mRNA --- p.120 / Chapter Section f --- The 95-bp novel sequence in ´5ة flanking region --- p.123 / Chapter Section g --- Technical difficulties --- p.126 / Chapter Section h --- Future study --- p.130 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- References --- p.132 / List of Tables --- p.137 / List of Figures --- p.138
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_321918 |
| Date | January 1997 |
| Contributors | Chan, Po Kwok., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Medical Sciences. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, vii, 140 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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