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Virion

... host cell , it is called a virion — a package of viral genetic material . Virion s can be passed from host to host either through direct contact or through a vector , or carrier . Full article >>> (b) We have obtained packaging of 160-180 kb exogenous DNA into infectiou...

Vectors

...insert ed into a plasmid . Such vectors can be package d into lambda phage or maintained as plasmid s. Cosmid s are often used to clone large DNA fragments (up to about 40 kilobase s). Full article >>> A derivation of ColE1, one of the first plasmid vectors widely used. A B C ...

Spermiogenesis

...led spermiogenesis the sperm extrude tails, re package DNA into a head, ... Full article >>>...

Spermatids

...led spermiogenesis the sperm extrude tails, re package DNA into a head, ... Full article >>> Then the spermatids differentiate into sperm , losing most of their cytoplasm in the process. Full article >>> (1) (Zoological) A cell which undergoes meiosis and thereby...

Spermatogenesis

...rtments ( organelle ) that function to modify and package secreted and integral membrane proteins ; during spermatogenesis , the golgi apparatus causes the formation of an acrosomal vesicle in the sperm head. Full article >>> Two genes positioned near one another on a chromosome ma...

Sperm

...d sperm iogenesis the sperm extrude tails, re package DNA into a head, ... Full article >>> Search for gymno sperm in these other data bases too Definition of gymno sperm : a vascular plant that bears naked seeds not enclosed in any specialized chambers. Full article >...

Seed

...or terrestrial plant s consisting of an embryo package d along with a store of food within a resistant coat. segregation ... Full article >>> seed ferns Fossil plant s with fernlike foliage but producing seeds belonging to the division Pteridospermophyta. seeding In mari culture ,...

Proteins

...o the DNA of eukaryotes which allows it to be package d into chromosomes . hydrophilic -- "water loving...2; histones - basic proteins that bind and " package " eukaryotic DNA ; major protein constituent of chromosomes . Full article >>> An...

Phylogenetics

... PHYLIP can be run online . One component of the package ... Full article >>> biology made a re-entry into evolutionary biology from its initial exclusion from the modern synthesis through the study of evolution ary developmental biology . Related fields which are often considered par...

Phagemid

...host with a Helper phage , the plasmid can be package d into phage particles. A commonly used type of phagemid is package d as ss DNA into phage M13 particles. Full article >>> Phagemid : A type of plas...

Package

...host . Full article >>> A software package developed for interpreting hybridization autora... Full article >>> DNA is tightly package d into structures called nucleosome s, which are consist of 8 proteins called histones and ~180...

Nucleus

...each containing the DNA for many hundred genes, package d with proteins . Full article >>> A variety of RNA s found in the nucleus , including primary transcript s. Other Resources PubMed Google ... Full article >>> bacterium (plural: bacteria ). A single-celled, micro...

Lambda phage

... Full article >>> Cosmid s can be package d in lambda phage particles for infection into E...insert ed into a plasmid . Such vectors can be package d into lambda phage or maintained as plasmid s. Cosmid s are often used to clone large DNA f...

In vitro

...id s, however, have a cos site , and thus can be package d into l phage heads (a re action which can be performed in vitro ) to allow efficient introduction into bacteria (you'll have to look up the cos site elsewhere). Full article >>> A myosin bundle, therefore, has a central, bar...

Hormones

... Golgi apparatus -- Eukaryotic organelle which package cell products, such as enzymes and hormones , and coordinate their trans port to the outside of the cell . Full article >>> steroids - hydrophobic molecule related to cholesterol. Many important hormones are steroids. Full...

Hormone

... Golgi apparatus -- Eukaryotic organelle which package cell products, such as enzymes and hormone s , and coordinate their trans port to the outside of the cell . Full article >>> Its function is seed protection and dispersal . Fruits are a development of the ovary wall and s...

Histones

...o the DNA of eukaryotes which allows it to be package d into chromosomes . hydrophilic -- "water loving...2; histones - basic proteins that bind and " package " eukaryotic DNA ; major protein constituent of chromosomes . Full article >>> H...

Histone

...o the DNA of eukaryotes which allows it to be package d into chromosomes . hydrophilic -- "water loving... histone s - basic proteins that bind and " package " eukaryotic DNA ; major protein constituent of chromosomes . Full article >>> ...

Heterozygosity

...ns which associate with the chromosomal DNA to package it into a compact, higher order structure. Full article >>> Loss Of Heterozygosity (LOH) Because tumor suppressor genes are recessive , cells that contain one normal and one mutated gene — that is, are heterozygous ...

Golgi apparatus

...rtments ( organelle ) that function to modify and package secreted and integral membrane proteins ; during... Golgi apparatus -- Eukaryotic organelle which package cell products, such as enzymes and hormones , and coordinate their trans port to the outside ...

Genetic distance

... PHYLIP can be run online . One component of the package ... Full article >>> Measure for genetic distance of two individuals or varieties. Values range between 0 (= no common ancestor) to 1 (= same individual or variety ). A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ... Full ar...

Endocytosis

... endocytosis exocytosis, in which molecule s package d in membrane vesicle s are either imported or exported, respectively. Molecular exchangers , trans porters and pumps represent other examples. References ... Full article >>> endocytosis (en-doh-sy-toh-sis) [Gk. endon, within + ky...

DNA clone

...er of phage DNA molecule s. Commonly used to package DNA clone d onto a lambda vector (separated by cos site s) into infectious lambda particles. Full article >>> Only a few of many collected samples were processed as DNA resources. Thus the donor identities were protected so ...

Cosmid

...insert ed into a plasmid . Such vectors can be package d into lambda phage or maintained as plasmid s. Cosmid s are often used to clone large DNA fragments (up to about 40 kilobase s). Full article >>> Cosmid : A type of artificially constructed vector used for cloning 35-45 ...

Clade

...each containing the DNA for many hundred genes, package d with proteins . Full article >>> Clade : in cladistics , a group with a common set of shared derived character istics persumed inherited from a common ancestor Cladistics : a methodology for reconstructing evolution ary relatio...

Chromosomes

...each containing the DNA for many hundred genes, package d with proteins . Full article >>> Chromosomes Immediately after DNA replication a human cell will have 46 "double chromosomes ". In each double chromosome there are two copies of that chromosome 's DNA molecule . Full...

Chromosome

...each containing the DNA for many hundred genes, package d with proteins . Full article >>> chromosome -- Linear piece of eukaryotic DNA , often bound by specialized proteins known as histones . Full article >>> Chromosome A self-replicating DNA molecule that car...

Cell nucleus

...each containing the DNA for many hundred genes, package d with proteins . Full article >>> [Gr. karyon - nucleus ; Gr. kinesis - movement]. The division of a cell nucleus into two daughter nuclei each having an identical complement of chromosomes . Synonym: mitosis . Full article...

Capsid

... The salient feature of this phage is that it package s only a single strand of DNA into its capsid . Full article >>> Virus es are composed of an inner nucleic acid core ( genetic material ) and an outer protein coat ( capsid ). Virus es that infect animals have an outer env...

Biogenesis

...h a stage where it would have it's own receptor package d onto it. Full article >>> The historic evolution of the phylon , in distinction from ontogeny and from biogenesis . Related Terms: Evolution ... Full article >>>...

Bacteriophages

...ges infect cells , proteins are produced that package replicated phage genome s into new phage particles. In the example at left the lysogenic P1 phage resident in a leu+ bacterium is induced. Full article >>> A general term for any genetic unit that can insert into a chromosom...
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