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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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Southern blotting
Biology; Biochemistry
A technique for detection of specific DNA fragments. Restriction fragments are separated by polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, blotted on to a plastic sheet (e.g. of ...
Northern blotting
Biology; Biochemistry
By analogy with Southern blotting, a technique for detection of specific RNA molecules; RNA from a cell is denatured and separated by slab gel electrophoresis, then blotted on to ...
competitive binding assay
Biology; Biochemistry
A technique for assaying a substance by observing how effective it is, compared with standards, in displacing a fixed amount of the labelled (often radiolabelled) material from a ...
proofreading
Biology; Biochemistry
In DNA replication, the 3'-to-5' exonuclease activity of a polymerase that removes incorrectly paired bases, also referred to as editing; in protein synthesis, the hydolysis of an ...
editing
Biology; Biochemistry
In DNA replication, the 3'-to-5' exonuclease activity of a polymerase that removes incorrectly paired bases, also referred to as editing; in protein synthesis, the hydolysis of an ...
domain
Biology; Biochemistry
A region of a protein that has a stable secondary and tertiary structure that can fold independently of other domains; often connected to other domains, of the same protein if ...
comparative anchor tagged site (CATS)
Biology; Biochemistry
An extended DNA sequence that is sufficiently conserved across a spectrum of species, e.g. all mammals or mouse and human, so as to serve as a marker for comparative genome ...
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