Molecular biology

Molecular biology

Contributors in Molecular biology

Molecular biology

A nematode; a small worm favoured by developmental and molecular biologists because if its ability to grow under laboratory conditions, its short generation time and its transparency. Because of its ...

Protein ruler

Biology; Biochemistry

A high-molecular-mass protein that functions in organisation of cytoskeletal structures of uniform length by serving as a template for aggregation of exact numbers of other components of the ...

Shuttle

Biology; Biochemistry

A mechanism for transport of metabolites or chemical groups across the mitochondrial membrane, e.g. the electron shuttle that transports glycerophosphate into, and dihydroxyacetone phosphate out of, ...

Y-joint

Biology; Biochemistry

A DNA heteroduplex structure in which one strand is extended by a non-homologous internal sequence. The loop of the longer strand is base-paired with itself in a hairpin structure. In an open Y-joint ...

Structure-activity relationships by nuclear magnetic resonance (SAR by NMR)

Biology; Biochemistry

An approach to drug discovery. Pairs of low affinity molecules, each having an affinity constant in the micromolar range and binding to discrete areas of a biomolecule, as determined by NMR, are ...

Ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP)

Biology; Biochemistry

One of a class of plant proteins that bind to elongation factor 2 and thus inactivate ribosomes. Type 1 (e.g. the toxin gelonin) consist of single polypeptide chain proteins; type 2 (e.g. ricin) ...

Homeobox

Biology; Biochemistry

A highly conserved 180-base polynucleotide sequence that controls body part-, organ- or tissue-specific gene expression, e.g. development of antennae or legs of Drosophila, but also in a wide variety ...