Molecular biology

Molecular biology

Contributors in Molecular biology

Molecular biology

In affinity chromatography, the chain of carbon and/or other atoms that positions a functional group away from the solid matrix to which it is covalently bound and makes it more available to a ligand ...

allele-specific PCR (ASPCR)

Biology; Biochemistry

The adaptation of a PCR primer to selectivity for only one variant sequence. The 3'-end of the primer is designed to be complementary to only one allelic sequence, so the appearance of a PCR fragment ...

alpha (α)-helix

Biology; Biochemistry

A secondary structure in proteins; the right-handed helical folding of a polypeptide such that amide nitrogens share their hydrogen atoms with the carbonyl oxygens of the fourth amide bonds towards ...

zoo blotting

Biology; Biochemistry

A technique to assess the degree to which a DNA sequence, usually a coding sequence, is conserved in evolution; a test for hybridization of a probe complementary to the sequence in one species ...

buoyancy factor

Biology; Biochemistry

In analytical ultracentrifugation, one of the factors that determine a macromolecule's rate of sedimentation; (1-ur), where u is the partial specific volume of the macromolecule (expressed as ml/g) ...

isoenzyme

Biology; Biochemistry

One of two or more structural variants of an enzyme that can occur in the same individual, often relatively specific for a particular tissue, each with unique kinetic characteristics; e.g. the heart ...