Cancer
... terms, chemicals called carcinogens and
free radicals are known to cause mutations. Chronic ... malignancy, as neutrophil granulocytes secrete
free radicals.
Mutations can also be inherited. ... National Comprehensive Cancer Network - has
free guidelines for professionals and many pages of ...
Enzyme
... 'spontaneous' (containing a net negative Gibbs
free energy ), i.e. with the enzyme, they run in the ... it to a spontaneous one , as long as the net
free energy from the total of both reactions is ... and if there is very little change in net
free energy between the substrates and the products, ...
Cell membrane
... in the cell membrane are "fluid," in the sense of
free to diffuse. Lipid rafts and caveolae are ... globally, also many proteins are not entirely
free to diffuse. The cytoskeleton undergirds the ... molecules. This spontaneous process decreases
free energy, and increases entropy in a system. Unlike ...
Free energy
...
In thermodynamics ,
free energy is a measure of the amount of work that ... energy" content.
In different situations,
free energy is related to internal energy in ... In the first case one would use the Helmholtz
free energy as a measure of available work, and in ...
Human
... of God and the only incarnate beings capable of
free will (or of sin ) or acting contrary to their ... own existence, the passage of time , and his
free will , though some philosophers argue that
free will is an illusion. (See also predestination , ...
Cell membrane
... in the cell membrane are "fluid," in the sense of
free to diffuse. Lipid rafts and caveolae are ... globally, also many proteins are not entirely
free to diffuse. The cytoskeleton undergirds the ... molecules. This spontaneous process decreases
free energy, and increases entropy in a system. Unlike ...
Ribosome
... (1) and small (2) subunit fit together
free ribosomes
free ribosomes occur in all cells, and also in ... and chloroplasts in eukaryotic cells. Several
free ribosomes can associate on a single mRNA molecule ...
Rudolf Steiner
... Education
3 Architecture, Eurythmy and
free Spiritual Culture
4 Weleda, biodynamic ... possibility that humans can become spiritually
free beings through the conscious activity of thinking ... day.
Architecture, Eurythmy and
free Spiritual Culture
Steiner developed an ...
Signal transduction
... . The equivalent between receptor-bound and
free hormone equals [H] + [R] [HR] , with
... limiting the time and space when Ca 2+ is
free (and thus active). Therefore, the concentration of
free Ca 2+ within the cell is usually very low; it ...
Thomas Malthus
... - a related idea
External Links
free eBook of Grounds for an Opinion on Restricting Foreign Corn at Project Gutenberg
free eBook of Nature and Progress of Rent at Project Gutenberg
free eBook of Observations on the Corn Laws at ...
Endergonic reaction
...
An endergonic reaction is a chemical reaction in which the change in
free energy is positive. An endergonic reaction is a reaction in which ΔG > 0 in Gibbs
free energy , in contrast to an exothermic reaction , which uses ΔH as ...
Gene therapy
... called reverse transcriptase . After this DNA copy is produced and is
free in the nucleus of the host cell, it must be incorporated into the genome ... into the host cells genetic material. The DNA molecule is left
free in the nucleus of the host cell, and the instructions in this extra DNA ...
Peptide bond
... of water they will break spontaneously, releasing about 10 kJ / mol of
free energy , but this process is extremely slow. In living organisms, the ... organisms also employ enzymes to form peptide bonds; this process requires
free energy. The wavelength of absorbance for a peptide bond is ...
Prion
... at left). The end of the fiber acts as a template for the addition of
free protein molecules, causing the fiber to grow. Small differences in the ... structural features on the surface of prion fibers. As a result, only
free protein molecules that are identical in amino acid sequence to the prion ...
Abiogenesis
... If organic matter were first sterilized and then prevented from contamination from without, putrefaction did not occur, and the matter remained
free from microbes. The nature of sterilization, and the difficulties in securing it, as well as the extreme delicacy of the manipulations necessary, ...
Actin
... effect by stimulating the exchange of bound ADP for ATP. In addition, ATP-actin units bound to profilin will dissociate from cofilin and are then
free to polymerize. Another important component in filament production is the Arp2/3 proteins , which serve as sites for nucleation, stimulating the ...
Active site
... inhibition , is similar to noncompetitive inhibition except that the inhibitor can only bind the enzyme-substrate complex rather than the
free enzyme.
Models
There are several models of how enzymes work. The lock and key model and the induced fit model whereby the active site binds ...
Adenosine triphosphate
... can be used by a variety of enzymes , motor proteins , and transport proteins to carry out the work of the cell. Also, the hydrolysis yields
free inorganic phosphate and adenosine diphosphate , which can be broken down further to another phosphate ion and adenosine monophosphate . ATP can ...
Affinity chromatography
... Uses
Affinity chromatography can be used in a number of applications, including nucleic acid purification, protein purification from cell
free extracts and antibody purification from blood serum .
Possibly the most common use of affinity chromatography is for the purification of ...
Alpha helix
... results in a 100 turn in the helix, and corresponds to a translation of 1.5 along the helical axis. The helix is tightly packed; there is almost no
free space within the helix. All amino acid side-chains are arranged at the outside of the helix. The N-H group of amino acid (n) can establish a ...
Anatomy
...
History of anatomy
Human anatomy
Organ (anatomy)
Superficial anatomy
Zootomical terms for location
External links
free online anatomy atlas
The NPAC Visible Human Viewer
On-Line Medical Dictionary
Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray
Online ...
Apoptosis
... ( [27] ).
Entrez Bookshelf is a service provided by the NCBI in collaboration with book publishers [28] .
freebooks4doctors promotes
free access to medical books ( [29] )
PubMed Central (PMC), provided by the US National Library of Medicine, is a digital archive of life sciences ...
Artificial life
... forms such as plant life, animal movement, hair growth, and complicated organic textures.
The Unit of Theoretical Behavioural Ecology at the
free University of Brussels applied the self-organization theories of Ilya Prigogine and the work of entomologist E.O. Wilson to research the ...
Aseptic technique in microbiology
... Microbiologists and students of microbiology may use an aseptic technique to attempt to keep specimens of microorganisms
free of microbial contamination. People may commonly use the aseptic technique when transferring bacteria from one test tube or flask to another. ...
ATPase
... ATPases are a class of enzymes that catalyze the decomposition of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) into adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and a
free phosphate ion . This dephosphorylation reaction releases energy , which the enzyme (in most cases) harnesses to drive other chemical ...
Bacterial conjugation
... own origin of replication , called oriV . There can only be one copy of the F-plasmid in a bacterium (which is then called F-positive ), either
free or integrated.
Among other genetic information, the F-plasmid carries a tra and a trb locus , which together are about 33 kb long and consist ...
Biology
... The Journal of Biology : A small, but free, research journal
The Public Library of Science: Biology : A newer, but more ambitious
free research journal.
BioCode : A proposal for organism naming.
PhyloCode , [1]
The WWW Virtual Library: Biosciences
biology discussion ...
Biophysics
... tumors.
Pharmacology and physiology - channel biology, biomolecular interactions, cellular membranes, polyketides.
Physics - biomolecular
free energy, biomolecular structures and dynamics, protein folding, stochastic processes, surface dynamics.
Many biophysical techniques are unique ...
BLAST
... BLAST is the Smith Waterman.
Program
The BLAST program can either be downloaded and run as a command-line utility "blastall" or accessed for
free over the web. The BLAST web server, hosted by the NCBI , allows anyone with a web browser to perform similarity searches against constantly updated ...
C-terminal end
... The C-terminal end refers to the extremity of a protein or polypeptide terminated by an amino acid with a
free carboxyl group (COOH).
See also N-terminal end .
...
Developmental biology
... of organisms between the one-cell stage (generally, the zygote ) and the end of the embryonic stage, which is not necessarily the beginning of
free living. Embryology was originally a more descriptive science until the 20th century . Embryology and developmental biology today deal with the ...
Dialysis
... can drain out of the catheter and into the lower, waste bag. Emptying the abdomen of fluid takes approximately fifteen minutes, and the patient is
free to perform tasks such as reading, watching television and editing a Wikipedia article about dialysis.
When the abdomen has drained, the lower, ...
Diffusion
... permeable membrane .
Photon diffusion
When photons travel through a material with a high optical depth and a very short mean
free path , their behavior is dominated by scattering and the path of any given photon's path is effectively a random walk .
The behavior of a large ...
Down syndrome
... glutathione peroxidase ), the cells will suffer from a peroxide damage. Some scientists believe that the treatment of Down syndrome neurons with
free radical scavengers can substantially prevent neuronal degeneration . Oxidative damage to neurons results in rapid brain aging similar to that of ...
Drosophila
... of which extend above the surface of the moist media in which the eggs develop.
Predators
One predator is the orchid mantis which feeds on
free living insects, primarily fruit flies.
External links
Fruit Flies in Space NASA-supported researchers are going to send fruit flies to the ...
Morphogenesis
... blastoderm.
Cells that make Engrailed can make the cell-to-cell signaling protein Hedgehog (green in the figure to the left). Hedgehog is not
free to move very far and activates a thin stripe of cells adjacent to the Engrailed-expressing cells. Only cells to one side of the Engrailed-expressing ...
Endoplasmic reticulum
... based on instructions from the nucleus). Their rough appearance under electron microscopy led to their being called rough ER (RER), other parts are
free of ribosomes and are called smooth ER (SER). The ribosomes on the surface of the rough ER insert the freshly produced proteins directly into the ER, ...
Endosymbiotic theory
... although they lack DNA. Christian de Duve proposed that they may have been the first endosymbionts, allowing cells to withstand growing amounts of
free molecular oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere. However, it now appears that they may be formed de novo , contradicting the idea that they have a ...
Evolutionary developmental biology
... gene regulation. Gene duplication allows fixation of a particular cellular or biochemical function at one locus , leaving the duplicated locus
free to fulfill a new function. In contrast, changes in gene regulation , is a "second-order" effect of genes, resulting from the interaction and timing ...
Exergonic reaction
... An exergonic reaction is a chemical reaction where the variation of
free energy is negative. This tells us the direction that the reaction will follow.
See also: endergonic reaction
...