Biochemistry

Biochemistry

The scientific study of the chemistry of living matter.

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Ambidexteran

Biology; Biochemistry

An aggregate of glycosaminoglycans that, unless prevented by steric hindrance or over- or under-sulphation, presents one or both surfaces of their tape-like shape to the complementary surface of ...

A conceptualization of muscle contraction in which thick filaments in the centre of a sarcomere are surrounded by thin filaments that are attached to the ends of the sarcomere and extend towards its ...

Stopped-flow

Biology; Biochemistry

A rapid mixing technique for observation of fast reactions, usually in the millisecond range. Two syringes holding solutions that must be mixed to initiate the reaction are emptied by a single piston ...

Sequential feedback

Biology; Biochemistry

A control mechanism for a branched metabolic pathway. The end product of each branch inhibits the first enzymic step of its own branch, which results in an accumulation of the last metabolite of the ...

Ezrin/radixin/moesin-binding phosphoprotein 50

Biology; Biochemistry

An adaptor protein that localises at the apical region of epithelial cells. Ezrin/radixin/moesin-binding phosphoprotein 50 (EBP50) is required for the recruitment of active phosphorylated ERM ...

Electropermeabilization

Biology; Biochemistry

A technique for the introduction of materials into an intact cell. Cells are subjected to a strong electric field which causes them to become temporarily permeable and thus take up molecules from ...

Two-dimensional electrophoresis

Biology; Biochemistry

Electrophoretic separation of proteins on a solid support by one technique in one dimension, then by another technique in another. For example, proteins are subjected to isoelectric focusing in a ...