Biochemistry

Biochemistry

The scientific study of the chemistry of living matter.

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Trafficking

Biology; Biochemistry

The transport of substances, e.g. a newly synthesised or modified nucleic acid or protein, from one intracellular structure to another. Intracellular transport of proteins is known as protein ...

Biomimetic

Biology; Biochemistry

Descriptive of a compound or process that artificially simulates the function of a natural compound or process, e.g. a catalyst that employs the principles of enzyme specificity and rate ...

Fenton reaction

Biology; Biochemistry

The generation of a reactive, and potentially damaging, hydroxyl radical: H 2 O 2 +Fe 2+ →OH Â +Fe 3+ OH - .

Totipotency

Biology; Biochemistry

The capacity of a zygote to develop into a fully differentiated organism, a property lost as the zygote develops into more specialised cells that are more committed to particular lines of ...

Amphipathic helix

Biology; Biochemistry

A protein structure that serves in part as an interface between polar and non-polar phases; an a-helix that displays non-polar residues on one side and polar residues on the other (e.g. in many ...

Thin-layer chromatography (TLC)

Biology; Biochemistry

A technique to separate small molecules on a thin film of an adsorbent on a glass or semi-rigid plastic surface by their differential mobilities in a liquid phase that passes through the film by ...

An optical method for detection of the non-uniform dispersion of a macromolecule in solution, especially during analytical ultracentrifugation or free-zone electrophoresis, by the refractive index of ...