Molecular biology

Molecular biology

Contributors in Molecular biology

Molecular biology

An activation mechanism for matrix metalloproteinase family zymogens (named in reference to the zipper-type mechanism), in which the thiol group of a cysteine residue in the N-terminal propart binds ...

Velcro mechanism

Biology; Biochemistry

Random peptide library

Biology; Biochemistry

For purposes of identification of polypeptides that have a high affinity for a target structure, the assortment of, e.g., the 520 to 720 penta- to hepta-peptides that may be incorporated into a phage ...

Monoclonal antibody (mAb)

Biology; Biochemistry

An immunoglobulin preparation that is completely homogeneous, due to its formation by daughters of a single progenitor cell that has been programmed for the synthesis and secretion of one specific ...

Epitope

Biology; Biochemistry

The antigenic determinant; i.e. that part of an antigen to which an antibody is directed; it defines the specificity of the antigen and consequently binds to the receptor on a T-cell or to the ...

Anisotropy

Biology; Biochemistry

A measure of the mobility of a fluorophore: A=(I

DNA fingerprinting

Biology; Biochemistry

A method to generate a pattern of DNA restriction fragments that is unique to an individual, especially for forensic purposes. DNA from blood, semen or another tissue sample is isolated and cleaved ...