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Nitrogen cavitation

Biology; Biochemistry

A technique for disruption of cells prior to their fractionation. A suspension of cells is subjected to high nitrogen pressure, which is suddenly released so as to cause the cells to burst as ...

Centriole

Biology; Biochemistry

One of two cylindrical structures that appear in animal cells. During mitosis the centrioles are the poles from which the microtubules of the mitotic spindle radiate; they represent specialised ...

A flexible term applied to the details of a process that links initial and final states, e.g. the mechanism of respiration, the mechanism of fatty acid oxidation, the mechanism of β-oxoacyl-coenzyme ...

Kinesin

Biology; Biochemistry

A family of motor proteins that binds to microtubules and then translocates toward the plus end. They typically also bind to cargo such as intracellular vesicles, so that motor activity moves the ...

Hetairokaryote

Biology; Biochemistry

The endosymbiotic product of a eukaryotic cell dwelling within another eukaryotic cell; as contrasted with the mitochondrion and chloroplast, which are believed to be endosymbiotic products of a ...

Short-column method

Biology; Biochemistry

An analytical ultracentrifugation technique for measurement of the molecular mass of a protein; requires relatively brief periods of time because it uses very short columns of liquids since the ...

LAGLI-DADG sequence

Biology; Biochemistry

A conserved sequence in yeast mitochondrial unassigned reading frames, about 1kb long, that is part of an intron the 5'-end of which has the consensus sequence coding for the LAGLI pentapeptide and ...