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A single-stranded DNA bacteriophage used as a vector for DNA sequencing.
- Browse Related Terms: antiparallel orientation, antisense DNA, blunt end, blunt-end ligation, chromatin fibre, cos ends, DNA helicase, dscDNA, dsDNA, duplex DNA, gap, gapped DNA, heteroduplex, homoduplex DNA, ligate, ligation, M13, M13 strand, nick, non-template strand, Palindromic sequence, provirus, replication fork, S1 mapping, single-strand DNA binding protein, staggered cuts, template strand, Virus
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The single-stranded DNA molecule that is present in the infective form of bacteriophage M13.
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Abbreviation for multiple arbitrary amplicon profiling.
- Browse Related Terms: embryo transfer, ET, MAAP, MCS, MOET, multiple cloning site, polycloning site
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Abbreviation for monoclonal antibody.
- Browse Related Terms: A-site, AB, BABS, basic fibroblast growth factor, BFGF, IPR, MAB, npt-II, ovum pickup, parts per million, PERV, plant variety protection, v/v
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To disintegrate tissue to disrupt cells. Commonly achieved via mechanical shearing, plasmolysis or enzymatic cell wall degradation.
- Browse Related Terms: ampicillin, Ampicillin (beta-lactamase), anticlinal, callus, Gram staining, lysozyme, macerate, microplast, middle lamella, periclinal, plasmodesma, primary cell wall, root hairs, septum, Shear, sieve plate, spheroplast, wall pressure
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Any high molecular weight molecule. Often used as a synonym for polymers.
- Browse Related Terms: ciliate, co-enzyme, infectious agent, intersex, kinetosome, label, macromolecule, progeny, Radioisotope, saline resistance, self-sterility, sex mosaic, spore mother cell
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A major chemical element essential for normal growth and development. In tissue culture media, macronutrients are those required in concentrations above 0.5 millimole/litre.
- Browse Related Terms: angiogenesis, angiogenin, anti-oncogene, antibiosis, biocontrol, deficiency, development, essential amino acid, essential element, essential nutrient, macronutrient, morphogen, morphogenesis, nutrient deficiency, protoplasm, regulator, structural gene
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Large white blood cells that ingest foreign substances and display on their surfaces antigens which are recognized by other cells of the immune system.
- Browse Related Terms: avidin, glaucous, killer T cell, macrophage, rinderpest, scarification
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Production of plant clones from growing parts.
- Browse Related Terms: antixenosis, dioecious, glucosinolates, graft union, macropropagation, mannitol, megaspore, mother plant, nitrate, offset, ortet, Ovule, phyto-, phytochemical, phytoparasite, phytosanitary, Pollen, stem, trypsin inhibitor, Weed
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See: megaspore.
- Browse Related Terms: apomixis, artificial seed, Bt corn, Conversion, epicotyl, macrospore, megagametophyte, pAMP, vivipary
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Colloquial term for bovine spongiform encephalopathy. See proteinaceous infectious particle
- Browse Related Terms: centrifuge, differential centrifugation, flocculant, Ion, mad cow disease, phagocytosis, prion, scrapie, titre, virion
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A highly conserved DNA sequence motif found in a large family of transcription factors, most of which play important roles in developmental processes. Most prominently, the MADS box genes known in flowering plants are intimately involved in the control of flower morphogenesis.
- Browse Related Terms: CAAT box, CAT box, enhancer, gene silencing, Hogness box, MADS box, Pribnow box, procaryote, promoter sequence, TATA box, upstream processing, Viral oncogene
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A type of plastic container frequently used for plant micropropagation and tissue culture.
- Browse Related Terms: axillary bud proliferation, contained use, Cutting, embryoid, gametoclone, Magenta, micropropagation, microtuber, propagation, protoclone, protoplast culture, protoplast fusion, regeneration, somaclonal variation
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A cell-surface protein or glycoprotein that allows the immune system to distinguish foreign or "non-self" from "self". A better term is histoglobulin. These are the antigens that must be matched between donors and recipients during organ and tissue transplants to prevent rejection.
- Browse Related Terms: adoptive immunization, allergen, antibody-mediated immune response, auto-immune disease, auto-immunity, B cell, cell-mediated (cellular) immune response, clonal selection, effector cells, humoral immune response, immune response, immunization, immunogenicity, immunoprophylaxis, immunosuppressor, Interleukin, lymphokine, major histocompatibility antigen, memory cell, monokine, multivalent vaccine, passive immunity, phagocytes, primary immune response, secondary immune response, T cell, T-cell-mediated (cellular) immune response, universal donor cell, vaccination
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(Abbreviation: MHC). The large cluster of genes that encode the major histocompatibility antigens in mammals.
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Having the properties of cancerous growth.
- Browse Related Terms: allometric, antagonism, antimicrobial agent, antiseptic, auxotroph, Bacteriostat, cabinet, catabolic pathway, Cyclic AMP (cyclic adenosine monophosphate), geotropism, growth curve, growth inhibitor, luxury consumption, Malignant, organic complex, phenolic oxidation, photoperiod, thinning, Toxin
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A mixture of organic compounds prepared from malt, used as a culture medium additive.
- Browse Related Terms: anabolism, analogous, Carcinogen, chemotaxis, Culture medium, double recessive, ecotype, Gene frequency, malt extract, metastasis, nutrient cycle, yeast extract
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Enzymatic reduction of starch to sugars in germinating grain, used in brewing.
- Browse Related Terms: aleurone, Dormancy, endosperm, gluten, Heterologous, integument, malting, recalcitrant, rest period, seed storage proteins, starch, Stratification, viability test
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The milk-producing organ of female mammals.
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The sum total of technical, policy and logistical operations involved in understanding (characterization), using and developing (utilization), maintaining (conservation), accessing, and sharing the benefits of animal genetic resources.
- Browse Related Terms: acquired, Adaptation, broad-sense heritability, callipyge, chromosomal aberration, co-segregation, Evolution, Green revolution, heritability, management of farm animal genetic resources, natural selection, oncogenesis, phenocopy, quantitative genetics, syndrome, trait