Molecular biology

Molecular biology

Contributors in Molecular biology

Molecular biology

Cysteinyl aspartate-specific proteinase; a member of a group of cellular cysteine endopeptidases that cleave so as to leave an C-terminal aspartate residue. The group includes interleukin-converting ...

Phytoremediation

Biology; Biochemistry

The use of plants to detoxify soil or water. Phytoremediation may involve phytoextraction, the uptake of toxic chemicals by the roots of plants and their concentration in plant tissues, ...

Exon shuffling

Biology; Biochemistry

The result of natural genetic recombination that creates a gene for a novel protein from the exons of existing proteins. The presence in introns of many sites for homologous recombination allows the ...

Patched circle PCR

Biology; Biochemistry

A method for site-directed deletion of a large-scale fragment from a cloning vector, e.g. for obtaining cDNA from a plasmid without vector sequences. Two PCR primers pair to the 5'- and 3'-flanking ...

Sol-gel immobilisation

Biology; Biochemistry

A method for making an enzyme encapsulated in a porous silicate matrix. An anhydrous preparation of tetramethylorthosilicate begins to hydrolyse as soon as it is in contact with an aqueous enzyme ...

Capillary array electrophoresis (CAE)

Biology; Biochemistry

A method for rapid separation of large numbers of DNA fragments and their characterization by length, e.g. for identification of genetic markers for forensic or genetic linkage analysis. The mixture ...

Protein ladder sequencing

Biology; Biochemistry

Determination of a protein's amino acid sequence by the generation of a series of fragments from the original protein which represent sequences of single amino acid removals. The series is generated ...