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Biotechnology

Also known as 'Biotech' , it is the use of micro-organisms and biological substances to perform specific industrial or manufacturing procedures.

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nitrogen

Biology; Biochemistry

Nitrogen is the element which is most common limiting nutrient in ocean.

manometry

Biotechnology; Biochemistry

Measurement of pressures within organs of body. This technique is used to record changes within fluid-filled chambers.

hypervariable region

Biology; Biochemistry

A localized sequence of a variable region of an immunoglobulin that shows a particularly large variation in amino acid sequence compared with all other immunoglobulins; presumably ...

sequence-tagged site (STS)

Biology; Biochemistry

A landmark in the base sequence of a genome used for placing partial sequences in correct relation to each other; especially as a strategy for co-ordination of the efforts of many ...

proteoglycan

Biology; Biochemistry

A complex composed of glycosaminoglycans that radiate from a protein core in a bottlebrush-like structure. There are two major types of membrane proteoglycans: glypicans, which ...

mucopolysaccharide

Biology; Biochemistry

A complex composed of glycosaminoglycans that radiate from a protein core in a bottlebrush-like structure. There are two major types of membrane proteoglycans: glypicans, which ...

Hunter and Downs plot

Biology; Biochemistry

A graphical method for determination of dissociation constants of enzyme inhibitors. Where I is total inhibitor concentration and α is the ratio of inhibited to non-inhibited ...