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Catalytic antibody
Biology; Biochemistry
An antibody with catalytic properties; often raised against a hapten that chemically resembles the transition state of the intended substrate so as to force a substrate into that transition state.
Abzyme
Biology; Biochemistry
An antibody with catalytic properties; often raised against a hapten that chemically resembles the transition state of the intended substrate so as to force a substrate into that transition state.
Stress-fibre
Biology; Biochemistry
An actomyosin-containing filament of a non-muscle cell. Between mitoses (interphase) the fibres are anchored at membrane attachment sites and are involved in extension of lamellipodia and in cell ...
Base flipping
Biology; Biochemistry
The distortion of a double-stranded DNA structure that disrupts a base pair and redirects one nucleoside of the pair outwards, where it can interact with a DNA-modifying enzyme such as a ...
Ionophore
Biology; Biochemistry
An agent that allows passage of an ion through an otherwise impermeable membrane, e.g. the protonophore thermogenin, which makes the inner membrane of brown adipose tissue mitochondria permeable to ...
Gene therapy
Biology; Biochemistry
The in vivo introduction of a functional gene, and its expression, in the germ line cells (germ line therapy) or somatic cells (somatic gene therapy) of an individual who does not possess the normal ...
Ectoenzyme
Biology; Biochemistry
An enzyme located on the outer surface of the plasma membrane with its active site directed to the extracellular space so as to be able to catalyse reactions in the extracellular space; e.g. ...
