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amino acid
Biology; Biochemistry
Usually an α-amino acid, in which a carboxy and an amino (or imino) group are attached to the α-carbon; triple- and single-letter codes are shown: alanine Ala A arginine Arg R asparagine ...
bidirectional PCR amplification of specific alleles (bi-PASA)
Biology; Biochemistry
A method for determination of zygosity. Two sets of primers are used. Of the inner set, primer A is complementary to a point mutation on the coding strand and primer B is complementary to the ...
massively parallel signature sequencing (MPSS)
Biology; Biochemistry
A method for automated identification by sequence and quantitative evaluation of expressed genes, which is unaffected by sequence-dependent variations in hybridization efficiencies. A microbead cDNA ...
scintillation proximity assay (SPA)
Biology; Biochemistry
A method for quantification of a molecule on the basis of its containing a specific ligand. The molecule is labelled with a weakly emitting radioisotope and a ligand, e.g. a ( 3 H)glycoprotein. The ...
polyketide
Biology; Biochemistry
A compound derived from biosynthetic acetyl and/or propionyl units and other building blocks, in which carbonyl carbons condense with a-carbons analogously to the synthesis of fatty acids. They are ...
CATH
Biology; Biochemistry
The acronym for class, architecture, topology, homologous superfamily; a hierarchical system of classification of protein structures named for the highest of the hierarchies: class refers to the ...
polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
Biology; Biochemistry
A technique to amplify a specific region of double-stranded DNA. An excess of two amplimers, oligonucleotide primers complementary to two sequences that flank the region to be amplified, are annealed ...
