Biochemistry

Biochemistry

The scientific study of the chemistry of living matter.

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ATPase

Biology; Biochemistry

An enzyme that hydrolyses ATP; usually the partial activity of an enzyme, or system of enzymes, that uses the energy made available by the hydrolysis of ATP to drive an energetically unfavourable ...

The genetic composition of a cell or organism, usually with reference to a particular set of alleles that may be homozygous or heterozygous for a trait; the phenotype is the appearance of the cell or ...

BIAcore

Biology; Biochemistry

An optical instrument for detection of binding partners. A reflective surface is coated with a one of the pair, and is then exposed to a test solution. If binding occurs, the refractive index of the ...

Beta (β)-ribbon

Biology; Biochemistry

A DNA-recognition motif; a segment of antiparallel β-structure that can fit into the major groove of a double-stranded polynucleotide and bind to it due to very specific interactions between side ...

Depletion-insertion

Biology; Biochemistry

A technique used to define properties of a cellular, subcellular or tissue model, in which a variable or undesired constituent, e.g. membrane phospholipid, is removed (by a phospholipase) and then ...

Deletion map

Biology; Biochemistry

The linear arrangement of natural mutations along a chromosome or part of a chromosome. In the first phase many individuals are studied for the presence of cytogenetic markers; later phases use ...

Marker rescue

Biology; Biochemistry

A technique to localise the site of a mutation within a gene. A polynucleotide, the 'marker', from the known wild-type sequence is allowed to recombine with the mutant genome such that, if it ...