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Transfer RNA

...t nucleotide sequence s that are complementary sequences to the triplet nucleotide coding sequence s of m RNA . Full article >>> Transfer RNA (t RNA ) Transfer RNA functions to trans port amino acids to the ribosomes during protein synthesis. Transcription ... Full article ...

Tandem repeat sequences

Tandem repeat sequences Multiple copies of the same base sequence on a ...... Full article >>> Tandem repeat sequences : Multiple copies of the same base sequence on a chromosome ; used as a marker in physical map...

Sense

...rand s carried identical instead of complementary sequences , cells could properly trans late only one of them. Full article >>> Non sense , but not mis sense mutation s, can alter splicing pathways resulting in failure to include the affected exon in the final m RNA ( exon skipping)...

Probe

...ely labeled and is used to identify complementary sequences in genes or DNA fragments of interest. (See Multi locus probe .) ... Full article >>> Probe : Single- strand ed DNA or RNA fragment of specific base sequence , labeled either radioactively (often incorporating 32P or 35S) o...

Inverted Repeats

...romosome , exit, and relocate; includes insertion sequences , transposon s, some bacteriophages , and controlling element. A region of the genome , flanked by inverted repeats , ... Full article >>> The transposase gene is flanked on either side by fifteen to twenty-five base pair s, a...

Inverted repeat

...romosome , exit, and relocate; includes insertion sequences , transposon s, some bacteriophages , and controlling element. A region of the genome , flanked by inverted repeat s , ... Full article >>> The transposase gene is flanked on either side by fifteen to twenty-five base pair s,...

Insertion sequences

Insertion sequences are simple procaryotic mobile elements . Facts ...actor . Full article >>> Insertion sequences are short (600-1500 base pair s long ) simple transposon s that do not carry genes beyond those ...

Insertion

...y ... Full article >>> Insertion sequences are simple procaryotic mobile elements . Facts In E. coli, spontaneous mutation s in gal and in lac genes occur at 10-5 to 10-7 per generation. The mutation s are highly polar. The polarity depends on r -factor . Full article >>> ...

Hybridization

... different species . The number of complementary sequences in common in the two strand s is an indication o... DNA or RNA by base pair ing to complementary sequences on ss DNA molecule s that are trapped on a nitro cellulose filter. Full article >>>...

Hybrid

... DNA or RNA by base pair ing to complementary sequences on ss DNA molecule s that are trapped on a nitro cellulose filter. Full article >>> probe A labeled fragment of nucleic acid containing a nucleotide sequence complement ary to a nucleotide sequence that one wishes to d...

Hairpin

... that can form base pair s between complementary sequences . For example the sequence 5'...GACGTGNNNNNCTGCA...air ing between adjacent (inverted) complementary sequences within a single strand of RNA or DNA . Full article >>> Hairpin loop : A loop...

Gyrase

...air ing between adjacent (inverted) complementary sequences within a single strand of RNA or DNA . Full article >>> DNA gyrase A topoisomerase that removes supercoil s from DNA by first producing double- strand breaks and then sealing them. Full article >>> DNA ...

Complementary sequences

... DNA or RNA by base pair ing to complementary sequences on ss DNA molecule s that are trapped on a nitr...e -pairing between overhang s with complementary sequences enables two fragments to join or "to be spliced," which they tend to do spontaneously in a test tub...

Cellulose

... DNA or RNA by base pair ing to complementary sequences on ss DNA molecule s that are trapped on a nitro cellulose filter. Full article >>> CM (carboxymethyl)- cellulose . c DNA ( complementary DNA ) A DNA , usually made by reverse transcriptase , which is complement ary to given m ...

Bacteriophages

...romosome , exit, and relocate; includes insertion sequences , transposon s, some bacteriophages , and controlling element. Full article >>> cosmid A cloning vector , used for cloning large DNA fragments; generally contains segment s derived from bacteriophages and various plasmid s...

Antisense

...rand s carried identical instead of complementary sequences , cells could properly trans late only one of them. Full article >>> Antisense RNA . A complementary RNA sequence that binds to a naturally occurring ( sense ) m RNA molecule , thus blocking its translation . (See RNA .) ...
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