Actinic keratoses that develop on the lips are referred to as actinic cheilitis. The clinical appearance of an actinic keratosis is that of a small (several millimeters), red scaly papule or plaque, with induration and thickening of the epidermis.
1 Location: Ideally, the probe should be in close proximity to the forward or reverse primer, but should not overlap with a primer-binding site on the same strand. 2  Probes can be designed to bind to either strand of the target. 3  Melting temperature (Tm): Preferably, probes should have a Tm 6â8Â°C higher than the primers.
An inverted repeat (or IR) is a sequence of nucleotides followed downstream by its reverse complement. The intervening sequence of nucleotides between the initial sequence and the reverse complement can be any length including zero. When the intervening length is zero, the composite sequence is a palindromic sequence.