Biochemistry

Biochemistry

The scientific study of the chemistry of living matter.

Contributors in Biochemistry

Biochemistry

A graphical representation of binding data, especially for oxygen binding to haemoglobin; a plot of log(Y/(1-Y)) against logpO 2 , where Y is the fraction of binding sites occupied and pO 2 is the ...

Centimorgan (cM)

Biology; Biochemistry

A genetic measure of the distance that separates markers in the same chromosome, especially in describing a map of the chromosome; the distance that permits a 1% frequency of crossing over (1 morgan ...

Triplet

Biology; Biochemistry

A three-base codon of the genetic code. Also a component of the mitotic spindle, seen in cross-section as one of nine structures, each composed of a microtubule doublet with an additional series of ...

Nuclear scaffold

Biology; Biochemistry

The network of protein fibres that underlies the nuclear inner membrane and is exposed upon extraction of soluble proteins from the nucleus. Between mitoses (interphase), chromatin is attached to the ...

Hofmeister series

Biology; Biochemistry

The arrangement of anions and cations according to their ability to modify the properties of other solutes such as proteins, probably via their effectiveness in altering the internal structure of the ...

Lyotropic series

Biology; Biochemistry

Bubble

Biology; Biochemistry

A widened segment of duplicating double-stranded DNA, visualised by electron microscopy, that is formed by two replication forks that travel away from the common origin of replication. The ...