Zahra’u Umar

Molecular Genetics of Gucy2d Gene among Patients with Leber Congenital Amaurosis Attending National Eye Center Kaduna

Farida Sagir Yaro, Yahaya Abdullahi Umar, Deborah Madi Dibal, Nkechi E. Egbe, Zahra’u Umar, Firdausi Aliyu, Samuel Adavba, Muhammad I. Tahir, Aliyu Adamu & Zakiya Mahmood · Asian Journal of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering · 2023

Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disease that presents with the autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance. There are about 19 genes responsible for the pathogenic cause of the disease, with mutations in a few of the genes recorded. T...

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Evaluation of Cassava (Manihot esculenta) and Sweet Potato (Ipomea batatas) Starch from South East Nigeria in the Separation of Deoxyribonucleic Acids as Alternative to Agarose Gel

Austine Okpaga Ume, Nkechi Eucharia Egbe, Philip Anthony Vantsawa, Godson Ofobuike Eze, Abdullahi Isyaku Alhaji, Zahra’u Umar & Blessing Timothy · Asian Journal of Biology · 2022

Gel electrophoresis technique is an indispensable tool in biotechnology and among other related fields for separation of nucleic acids and proteins. This study determined the potential of selected cassava and sweet potato starch in the separation of DNA as alternative to agarose...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajob/2022/v15i430248