Digestion

digestion
preparing food, through the action of enzymes, for absorption
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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Digestion usually involves mechanical manipulation and chemical action. In most vertebrates, digestion is a multi-stage process in the digestive system, following ingestion of the raw materials, most often other organisms.
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Digestions of double-stranded DNA by many restriction enzymes (e.g. EcoR I) generate ends with a short single-stranded sequences. Such ends are called sticky ends.
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Blunt ends Overhang ...
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Digestion efficiency. The fraction of living food that does not survive passage through a predator's gut
Dinoflagellate. Dominant planktonic algal form, occurring as a single cell, often biflagellate ...
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digestion The process of breaking down food into its molecular and chemical components so that these nutrient molecules can cross plasma membranes.
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digestion
[L. digestio, separating out, dividing]
The process of breaking down food into molecules small enough for the body to absorb.
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Digestion within the small intestine produces a mixture of disaccharides, peptides, fatty acids, and monoglycerides. The final digestion and absorption of these substances occurs in the villi, which line the inner surface of the small intestine.
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digestion The process by which larger molecules of food substances are broken down into smaller molecules that can be taken up by the digestive system; hydrolysis.
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Digestion the process of breaking food down into molecules small enough to be absorbed by the body
(dia- = across through separate apart; gen = bear produce; hence digest = to separate divide dissolve) ...
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A digestion will give an error (i.e., fragments of unexpected length) when an error has destroyed a restriction site or created a new one from a "near-site" of b-bases whose sequence differs from the target sequence by one base (we ignore the ...
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The digestion of carbohydrates typically involves hydrolysis reactions in which complex carbohydrates (polysaccharides) are broken down to maltose (a disaccharide). Maltose is then further broken down to produce two glucose molecules.
Polysaccharides ...
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Double digestion
Cleavage of a DNA molecule with two different restriction endonucleases, either concurrently or consecutively.
Duplex DNA
A double-stranded DNA molecule.
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Anaerobic digestion, the breakdown of organic matter by bacteria
Anaerobic exercise, a form of exercise
Anaerobic glycolysis, the conversion from sugar to alcohol using yeast ...
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Sticky ends: After digestion of a DNA with certain restriction enzymes, the ends left have one strand overhanging the other to form a short (typically 4 nt) single-stranded segment.
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Cystic fibrosis -- an autosomal recessive genetic condition of the exocrine glands, which causes the body to produce excessively thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and pancreas, interfering with breathing and digestion.
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absorption Transport of the products of digestion from the intestinal tract into the blood. acceptor control (Electron transport chain) The regulation of the rate of respiration by the availability of ADP as a phosphate group acceptor.
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Sticky end Short section of single-stranded DNA produced at the end of a double-stranded DNA fragment produced by DNA digestion with certain restriction enzymes.
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The orange-yellow pigment of bile, the green fluid that aids in digestion and that is secreted by the liver. Bilirubin is formed mainly by hemoglobin breakdown at the end of red cell life and eventually most of it leaves the body in the feces.
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They include faulty digestion, breathing difficulties and respiratory infections due to mucus accumulation, and excessive loss of salt in sweat.
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catabolism: the breakdown or digestion of large, complex molecules.
cecum: a blind sac that is the meeting point of the small and large intestines.
cerebellum: a portion of the hindbrain that serves as a coordinating center for motor activity.
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If the region between primers A and B contains a restriction site that is polymorphic, the PCR product can be digested with the enzyme and the size of the digestion products analyzed by gel electrophoresis.
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: DNA with protein bound is resistant to digestion by
DNAase
. When a sequencing reaction is performed using such DNA, a protected area representing the footprint of the bound protein will be detected.
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RESTRICTION FRAGMENTS - DNA fragments generated by digestion of a DNA preparation with one or more restriction endonucleases; ...
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anus
The terminal opening of the gut; the solid residues of digestion are eliminated through the anus.
Covered in:
Lab 12 Animal Diversity II
Lab 15 Rat Muscular and Digestive Systems ...
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anus -- End of the digestive tract, or gut, through which waste products of digestion are excreted, as distinct from the mouth.
aperture -- Small opening, for example the opening in the test of a foram.
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A highly sensitive method for detecting polymorphisms in DNA. Following restriction enzyme digestion of DNA, a subset of DNA fragments is selected for PCR amplification and visualisation.
Related Terms: Polymorphism ...
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As well as protein modification, Golgi apparatus is involved in the transport of lipids around the cell as well creating lysosomes -- organelles involved in digestion.
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Our mouths alone are host to four hundred identified - and probably hundreds more unidentified - species of bacteria. Most bacteria are benign to their host, some even provide valuable services. For example, bacteria in the gut aid digestion and ...
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