Glossary of molecular biology and clinical molecular biology. Part I: General terms

This glossary has been conceived to help readers, who are less experienced with molecular biology, to approach this field of laboratory medicine, which is gaining increasing importance in the analytical and diagnostic processes. The glossary is organized into two separate sections: general terms of molecular biology and clinical molecular biology (molecular biology techniques, and molecular diagnostic testing). For some of the terms, a link to articles published in Biochimica Clinica, where these terms are employed is included. For each term the corresponding English version is reported; in addition, all the entries of the glossary are listed in the Appendix both in Italian and in English alphabetical order.