Molecular biology

Molecular biology

Contributors in Molecular biology

Molecular biology

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 ...

Gene dosage PCR (gd-PCR)

Biology; Biochemistry

A method for quantification of the relative amount of a gene in a biological sample. One primer is constructed to hybridise with a gene known to be in the chromosome in question (e.g. chromosome 21 ...

Anomalous scattering

Biology; Biochemistry

A property of diffracted radiation that is useful in X-ray crystallographic analysis for identification of diffracting centers. The otherwise symmetrical diffraction pattern is subtly perturbed when ...