Biochemistry

Biochemistry

The scientific study of the chemistry of living matter.

Contributors in Biochemistry

Biochemistry

A yeast that secretes a protein toxin that affects other organisms, including other yeasts. The best studied examples are toxins secreted by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The yeast contains a dsRNA virus ...

Nested deletion sequencing

Biology; Biochemistry

A method for extension of the length of a target DNA that can be sequenced using a single primer. Removal by an appropriate nuclease of varying polydeoxynucleotide lengths from the region near the ...

Meta-

Biology; Biochemistry

A prefix derived from the Greek for with or after, which indicates association or intermediacy. In benzene derivatives, meta- signifies the relation of substances on nuclear carbon atoms two removed ...

Eisenberg plot

Biology; Biochemistry

A graphical representation of the hydrophobic moment ;μ M ; against the mean hydrophobicity ;H; of an α-helix. α-Helices of globular proteins generally have low ;μ M ; and low ;H; values; membrane ...

Apicomplexan

Biology; Biochemistry

Descriptive of a class of protozoan parasites that pass part of their life cycles in mammalian cells, e.g. the malaria pathogen Plasmodium falciparum, and which contain in their apices organelles ...

Dyad symmetry

Biology; Biochemistry

A property of double-stranded DNA whereby one strand has the same base sequence (5'-to-3') as its complementary strand (5'-to-3'), which allows it to bind to a homodimeric or homotetrameric binding ...

Homologue-scanning mutagenesis

Biology; Biochemistry

A strategy for identification of receptor-binding regions of a protein by substitution of analogous regions from homologous proteins in order to preserve the native three-dimensional structure of the ...