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Established in October 1945 with the objective of eliminating hunger and improving nutrition and standards of living by increasing agricultural productivity, FAO coordinates the efforts of governments and technical agencies in programs for developing agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and land and ...
A segment of a eukaryotic gene that is transcribed as part of the primary transcript and is retained, after processing, with other exons to form a functional mRNA molecule.
Industry:Biotechnology
A segment of a protein that has a discrete function or conformation. At the protein level, a domain can be as small as a few amino acid residues or as large as half of the entire protein.
Industry:Biotechnology
A segment of about 15 to 30 amino acids at the N terminus of a protein, that enables the protein to be secreted (pass through a cell membrane). The signal sequence is removed as the protein is secreted. Also called signal peptide, leader peptide.
Industry:Biotechnology
A segment of DNA sequence of a eukaryotic gene, not represented in the mature (final) mRNA transcript, because it is spliced out of the primary transcript before it can be translated; a process known as intron splicing. Some genes of higher eukaryotes contain a large number of introns, which make up the bulk of the DNA sequence of the gene. Introns are also found in genes whose RNA transcripts are not translated, namely eukaryotic rRNA and tRNA genes. In these cases the intron sequence does not appear in the functional RNA molecule.
Industry:Biotechnology
A segment of DNA sequence of a eukaryotic gene, not represented in the mature (final) mRNA transcript, because it is spliced out of the primary transcript before it can be translated; a process known as intron splicing. Some genes of higher eukaryotes contain a large number of introns, which make up the bulk of the DNA sequence of the gene. Introns are also found in genes whose RNA transcripts are not translated, namely eukaryotic rRNA and tRNA genes. In these cases the intron sequence does not appear in the functional RNA molecule.
Industry:Biotechnology
A segment of DNA that contains a number of different restriction endonuclease sites. a.k.a. multiple cloning site (MCS).
Industry:Biotechnology
A segment of DNA that contains signals for the initiation and termination of transcription, and is transcribed into one RNA molecule.
Industry:Biotechnology
A segment of DNA that is rich in G=C base pairs and often precedes a transcribed gene in the genomes of vertebrate organisms.
Industry:Biotechnology
A segment of duplex DNA whose 5´-to-3´ sequence is identical on each DNA strand. The sequence is the same when one strand is read left-to-right and the other strand is read right-to-left. Typically, recognition sites for type II restriction endonucleases are palindromes.
Industry:Biotechnology
A selection based on difference(s) in environmental conditions or in culture medium composition, such that preferred variant cells or cell lines (presumptive or putative mutants) are favoured over other variants or the wild-type.
Industry:Biotechnology
