Molecular biology

Molecular biology

Contributors in Molecular biology

Molecular biology

Muscle that on microscopic examination shows a banding pattern that is due to the regular spacing of areas of overlap of thick and thin filaments within each sarcomere; includes skeletal muscle and ...

one-carbon pool

Biology; Biochemistry

The aggregate of freely interconvertible moieties that contain single carbons more reduced than carbon dioxide; i.e. metabolites of tetrahydrofolate, the methyl groups of choline, the hydroxymethyl ...

French paradox

Biology; Biochemistry

The hypothesis that the lower incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean countries is due to ingestion of constituents of red wine, possibly flavinoids, that act to inhibit oxidation of low-density ...

lysosomal storage disease

Biology; Biochemistry

A hereditary deficiency of one of the lysosomal enzymes involved in turnover of cellular components. An inability to degrade a substance often leads to the engorgement of the lysosomes with the ...

fatty acid

Biology; Biochemistry

A carboxy group on an alkyl chain that is usually unbranched; may be a short-chain (alkyl group contains less than 7 carbons), medium-chain or long-chain (alkyl group contains more than about 11 ...

gatekeeper protein

Biology; Biochemistry

A protein that monitors transfer of a protein from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus and prevents transfer of newly synthesized proteins with inappropriate conformations or with ...

decorated thin filament

Biology; Biochemistry

A thin filament of muscle, i.e. F-actin, to which are attached globular heads. The S1 fragments of myosin resemble in electron micrographs a string with attached arrowheads, all angled towards one ...