Biochemistry

Biochemistry

The scientific study of the chemistry of living matter.

Contributors in Biochemistry

Biochemistry

The migration of receptors to certain areas on the surface of cells when exposed to ligands, especially the interaction of an antibody with its receptors on the surface of lymphoid cells; also called ...

smart screening

Biology; Biochemistry

The use of bioinformatics for discovery of useful correlations; e.g. for the determination of genes that are uniquely expressed by osteoclasts, in order select a target for the design of an ...

membrane asymmetry

Biology; Biochemistry

A phenomenon of membrane proteins and gangliosides involved in signal transduction and transport processes; as they are oriented towards the inside or outside, their asymmetry is appropriate to their ...

para-

Biology; Biochemistry

A prefix derived from the Greek for past or beyond. In benzene compounds, para- signifies the relation of substituents on nuclear carbons which are opposite each other. Elsewhere, para- signifies ...

organelle

Biology; Biochemistry

Inclusion in the cell cytoplasm that can be membrane-limited (e.g. chloroplast, mitochondrion, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus) or non-membrane-limited (e.g. cytoskeletal element, ribosome, ...

Tyndall effect

Biology; Biochemistry

The phenomenon of light scattering that is dependent upon the wavelength of light. The intensity of light scattered by small isotropic particles is inversely proportional to the fourth power of the ...

coenzyme M

Biology; Biochemistry

2-Mercaptoethane sulfonate; first identified as a 1-carbon carrier in the reduction of CO 2 to methane in Archaea. More recently, CoM has also been shown to play a role in bacterial alkene ...