20 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Biology > Molecular biology
Molecular biology
Industry: Biology
Add a new termContributors in Molecular biology
Molecular biology
Hill coefficient
Biology; Biochemistry
A measure of co-operativity, i.e. the number h in the equation (HbO 2 )/(Hb)=k(pO 2 ) h that empirically describes the dependence of haemoglobin (Hb) oxygenation on the partial pressure of ...
short-column method
Biology; Biochemistry
An analytical ultracentrifugation technique for measurement of the molecular mass of a protein; requires relatively brief periods of time because it uses very short columns of liquids since the ...
selective pressure
Biology; Biochemistry
In evolutionary theory, the effect on survival of a species of the sum of all factors, physical and behavioral, inherent and environmental; especially as an inherited trait may marginally effect ...
cluster analysis
Biology; Biochemistry
In genomics, the discovery of genes that are similarly regulated. Statistical analyzes are applied to the DNA microarray experiments to identify genes, the expressions of which respond in the same ...
contact system
Biology; Biochemistry
The cascade of proteolytic activations of blood factors that is initiated by autoactivation of factor XII when it is adsorbed to a surface, e.g. that of a bacterium, and results in uncontrolled ...
phosphoroclastic split
Biology; Biochemistry
A cleavage in which the elements of phosphate are inserted across a carbon-carbon bond, e.g. the phosphoroclastic reaction of pyruvate, in which pyruvate and orthophosphate are oxidized by a ...
anion
Biology; Biochemistry
A ion attracted to the anode of an electrolytic cell, which being positively charged, attracts anions, which are, therefore, negatively charged. Similarly, a cation, which is attracted to the ...
