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*(I could not find words that I did not know the definition of so I listed 10 words I thought most difficult) | |||
*Biosynthetic-relating to or produced by biosynthesis:The production of a complex chemical compound from simpler precursors in a living organism, usually involving enzymes (to catalyze the reaction) and energy source (such as ATP)-[[http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Biosynthesis]] | *Biosynthetic-relating to or produced by biosynthesis:The production of a complex chemical compound from simpler precursors in a living organism, usually involving enzymes (to catalyze the reaction) and energy source (such as ATP)-[[http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Biosynthesis]] | ||
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*Flux-The total amount of a quantity passing through a given surface per unit time. Typical quantities include (magnetic) field lines, particles, heat, energy, mass of fluid, etc. [[http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Flux]] | |||
*Oligonucleotides-polymers made up of a few (2-20) nucleotides. In molecular genetics, they refer to a short sequence synthesised to match a region where a mutation is known to occur, and then used as a probe (oligonucleotide probes). [[http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Oligonucleotides]] | |||
*arbitrary-Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; [[http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Arbitrary]] | |||
*gram-negative bacteria- bacteria which lose crystal violet stain but are stained pink when treated by grams method. [[http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Gram-negative_bacteria]] | |||
*glutamate- major fast excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system. [[http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Glutamate]] | |||
*dilution-In microbiologic techniques, a method for counting the number of viable cells in a suspension; a sample is diluted to the point where an aliquot, when plated, yields a countable number of separate colonies. [[http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Dilution]] | |||
*glutamine-A crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins; important in protein metabolism.One of the 20 amino acids that are commonly found in proteins.glutamine [[http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Glutamine]] | |||
*biomass-The total mass of all living material in a specific area, habitat, or region. [[http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Biomass]] | |||
*northern blot- An electroblotting method in which rNA is transferred to a filter and detected by hybridisation to (32)P labelled RNA or dNA. [[http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Northern_blot]] |
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Definitions
- (I could not find words that I did not know the definition of so I listed 10 words I thought most difficult)
- Biosynthetic-relating to or produced by biosynthesis:The production of a complex chemical compound from simpler precursors in a living organism, usually involving enzymes (to catalyze the reaction) and energy source (such as ATP)-[[1]]
- Flux-The total amount of a quantity passing through a given surface per unit time. Typical quantities include (magnetic) field lines, particles, heat, energy, mass of fluid, etc. [[2]]
- Oligonucleotides-polymers made up of a few (2-20) nucleotides. In molecular genetics, they refer to a short sequence synthesised to match a region where a mutation is known to occur, and then used as a probe (oligonucleotide probes). [[3]]
- arbitrary-Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; [[4]]
- gram-negative bacteria- bacteria which lose crystal violet stain but are stained pink when treated by grams method. [[5]]
- glutamate- major fast excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system. [[6]]
- dilution-In microbiologic techniques, a method for counting the number of viable cells in a suspension; a sample is diluted to the point where an aliquot, when plated, yields a countable number of separate colonies. [[7]]
- glutamine-A crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins; important in protein metabolism.One of the 20 amino acids that are commonly found in proteins.glutamine [[8]]
- biomass-The total mass of all living material in a specific area, habitat, or region. [[9]]
- northern blot- An electroblotting method in which rNA is transferred to a filter and detected by hybridisation to (32)P labelled RNA or dNA. [[10]]