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• 08:02, 11 October 2019 ‎Z-DNA (hist) ‎[818 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A region of DNA that is "flipped" into a lefthanded helix, characterized by alternating purines and pyrimidines, and which may be the target of a DNA-binding protein.")
• 08:01, 11 October 2019 ‎X-ray crystallography (hist) ‎[732 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The diffraction pattern of X-rays passing through a pure crystal of a substance.")
• 08:00, 11 October 2019 ‎X-linked disease (hist) ‎[826 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A genetic disease caused by a mutation on the X chromosome. In X-linked recessive conditions, a normal female "carrier" passes on the mutated X chromosome to an affected son.")
• 07:56, 11 October 2019 ‎Weediness (hist) ‎[680 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Unwanted effects of a plant.")
• 07:56, 11 October 2019 ‎Weed (hist) ‎[673 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An undesirable plant.")
• 07:52, 11 October 2019 ‎VSG (hist) ‎[690 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Variable surface glycoprotein.")
• 07:51, 11 October 2019 ‎Virulence (hist) ‎[706 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The degree of ability of an organism to cause disease.")
• 07:50, 11 October 2019 ‎Viroid (hist) ‎[815 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A plant pathogen that consists of a naked RNA molecule of approximately 250-350 nucleotides, whose extensive base pairing results in a nearly correct double helix.")
• 07:50, 11 October 2019 ‎Virelure (hist) ‎[913 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Virelure is an insect pheromone that attracts male artichoke plume moths. They are either attracted to a trap, where they become entrapped and die, or the release of the phero...")
• 07:50, 11 October 2019 ‎Viral oncogene (hist) ‎[718 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A viral gene that contributes to malignancies in vertebrate hosts.")
• 07:50, 11 October 2019 ‎Vegan (hist) ‎[772 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Strict vegetarian who does not eat any food containing ingredients derived from animals. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 07:48, 11 October 2019 ‎Variable surface glycoprotein (hist) ‎[750 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "One of a battery of antigenic determinants expressed by a microorganism to elude immune detection.")
• 07:48, 11 October 2019 ‎Vaccinia (hist) ‎[810 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The cowpox virus used to vaccinate against smallpox and, experimentally, as a carrier of genes for antigenic determinants cloned from other disease organisms.")
• 14:54, 10 October 2019 ‎U.S. Department of Agriculture (hist) ‎[1,028 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The U.S. agency responsible for regulation of biotechnology products in plants and animals. The major laws under which the agency has regulatory powers include the Federal Pla...")
• 14:53, 10 October 2019 ‎Urticaria (hist) ‎[753 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A raised, itching rash, often with well-circumscribed areas (wheals). Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 14:53, 10 October 2019 ‎Upstream (hist) ‎[703 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The region extending in a 5' direction from a gene.")
• 14:53, 10 October 2019 ‎Unsaturated fatty acid (hist) ‎[855 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Fatty acid whose hydrocarbon chain contains at least one double bond. Monounsaturated fatty acids contain one double bond; polyunsaturated fatty acids contain tow or more. So...")
• 14:53, 10 October 2019 ‎Unsaturated fat (hist) ‎[745 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Triglyceride with a preponderance of unsaturated fatty acids. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 14:52, 10 October 2019 ‎Univariate analysis (hist) ‎[762 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Techniques for studying the effects of a single factor on an outcome variable. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 14:52, 10 October 2019 ‎Ubiquinol (hist) ‎[1,120 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An antioxidant produced by normal metabolism. Ubiquinol is the only known fat-soluble antioxidant synthesised by animal cells. It is believed to play an important role in cell...")
• 14:50, 10 October 2019 ‎TATA box (hist) ‎[779 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An adenine-and thymine-rich promoter sequence located 25-30 bp upstream of a gene, which is the binding site of RNA polymerase. Category: Biotechnology <html> <scrip...")
• 15:24, 9 October 2019 ‎Tumor-inducing plasmid (hist) ‎[688 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Ti (tumor inducing) plasmid.")
• 15:24, 9 October 2019 ‎Tumor virus (hist) ‎[716 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A virus capable of transforming a cell to a malignant phenotype.")
• 15:23, 9 October 2019 ‎Tumor DNA (hist) ‎[666 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See T-DNA.")
• 15:22, 9 October 2019 ‎TRNA (hist) ‎[752 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The class of small RNA molecules that transfer amino acids to the ribosome during protein synthesis.")
• 15:22, 9 October 2019 ‎Triglycerides (hist) ‎[801 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Compounds of glycerol and three fatty acids. Synonymous with triacylglycerols (the official chemical name). See oil. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 15:22, 9 October 2019 ‎Triacylglycerols (hist) ‎[801 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Compounds of glycerol and three fatty acids also called triglycerides; the main constituents of dietary and body fat. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 15:21, 9 October 2019 ‎Transposon (hist) ‎[753 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A relatively small DNA segment that has the ability to move from one chromosomal position to another.")
• 15:21, 9 October 2019 ‎Transposition (hist) ‎[715 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The movement of a DNA segment within the genome of an organism.")
• 15:21, 9 October 2019 ‎Transposable genetic element (hist) ‎[671 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Transposon.")
• 15:20, 9 October 2019 ‎Transition-state intermediate (hist) ‎[916 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "In a chemical reaction, an unstable and high-energy configuration assumed by reactants on the way to making products. Enzymes are thought to bind and stabilize the transition...")
• 15:19, 9 October 2019 ‎Transgenic plant (hist) ‎[859 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Genetically engineered plant or offspring of genetically engineered plants. The transgenic plant usually contains material from at least one unrelated organisms, such as from...")
• 15:19, 9 October 2019 ‎Transgenic organism (hist) ‎[733 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "an organism formed by the insertion of foreign genetic material into a germ cell.")
• 15:19, 9 October 2019 ‎Transgenic animal (hist) ‎[861 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Genetically enginnered animal or offspring of genetically engineered animals. The transgenic animal usually contains material from at lease one unrelated organism, such as fro...")
• 15:18, 9 October 2019 ‎Transgenic (hist) ‎[907 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An organism in which a foreign DNA gene (a transgene) is incorporated into its genome early in development. The transgene is present in both somatic and germ cells, is express...")
• 15:18, 9 October 2019 ‎Transgene (hist) ‎[671 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Transgenic.")
• 15:17, 9 October 2019 ‎Transforming oncogene (hist) ‎[749 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A gene that upon transfection converts a previously immortalized cell to the malignant phenotype.")
• 15:17, 9 October 2019 ‎Transformation efficiency (hist) ‎[783 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The number of bacterial cells that uptake and express plasmid DNA divided by the mass of plasmid used (in transformants/microgram).")
• 15:16, 9 October 2019 ‎Transformant (hist) ‎[822 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "In prokaryotes, a cell that has been genetically altered through the uptake of foreign DNA. In higher eukaryotes, a cultured cell that has acquired a malignant phenotype.")
• 15:15, 9 October 2019 ‎Transfer DNA (hist) ‎[666 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See T-DNA.")
• 15:15, 9 October 2019 ‎Transfection (hist) ‎[733 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The uptake and expression of a foreign DNA sequence by cultured eukaryotic cells.")
• 15:14, 9 October 2019 ‎Transducing phage (hist) ‎[673 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Transduction.")
• 15:09, 9 October 2019 ‎Transcapsidation (hist) ‎[754 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The partial of full coating of the nucleic acid of one virus with a coat protein of a differing virus.")
• 15:09, 9 October 2019 ‎Trans fatty acid (hist) ‎[896 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A form of unsaturated fatty acid that is straight (rather than bent, i.e cis) at the double bond; not abundant in natural edible oils but occurring in ruminant fats and formed...")
• 15:06, 9 October 2019 ‎Total quality management (hist) ‎[912 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An organisation's management approach centred on quality, based on the participation of all its members and aimed at long-term success through customer satisfaction and benefi...")
• 15:06, 9 October 2019 ‎Tocopherols, tocotrienols (hist) ‎[703 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Forms of vitamin E. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 15:06, 9 October 2019 ‎Ti (tumor-inducing) plasmid (hist) ‎[835 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A giant plasmid of ''Agrobacterium tumefaciens'' that is responsible for tumor formation in infected plants. Ti plasmids are used as vectors to introduce foreign DNA into plan...")
• 15:05, 9 October 2019 ‎Thymidine kinase (hist) ‎[830 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An enzyme that allows a cell to utilize an alternate metabolic pathway for incorporating thymidine into DNA. Used as a selectable marker to identify transfected eukaryotic cells.")
• 15:05, 9 October 2019 ‎Thrombosis (hist) ‎[776 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Blockage of an artery resulting from aggregation of platelets and fibrin, a fibrous protein. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 15:05, 9 October 2019 ‎Tetracycline (hist) ‎[720 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An antibiotic that interferes with protein synthesis in prokaryotes.")
• 15:05, 9 October 2019 ‎Terminator region (hist) ‎[705 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A DNA sequence that signals the end of transcription.")
• 15:03, 9 October 2019 ‎Template (hist) ‎[751 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An RNA or single-stranded DNA molecule upon which a complementary nucleotide strand is synthesized.")
• 15:03, 9 October 2019 ‎T-DNA (hist) ‎[734 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The transforming region of DNA in the Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.")
• 15:02, 9 October 2019 ‎Taq polymerase (hist) ‎[741 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A heat-stable DNA polymerase isolated from the bacterium Therrnus aquaticus, used in PCR.")
• 15:02, 9 October 2019 ‎T cells (hist) ‎[734 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "White blood cells involved in the immune response. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 14:43, 2 October 2019 ‎Sweeteners (hist) ‎[713 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Substances which taste sweet. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 14:43, 2 October 2019 ‎Supernatant (hist) ‎[748 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The soluble liquid &action of a sample after centrifugation or precipitation of insoluble solids.")
• 14:42, 2 October 2019 ‎Supergene (hist) ‎[771 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A group of neighboring genes on a chromosome that tend to be inherited together and sometimes are functionally related.")
• 14:42, 2 October 2019 ‎Supercoiled plasmid (hist) ‎[900 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The predominant in vivo form of plasmid, in which the plasmid is coiled around histone-like proteins. Supporting proteins are stripped away during extraction from the bacteria...")
• 14:42, 2 October 2019 ‎Sulphites (hist) ‎[734 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Preservatives commonly used in, for example, wine. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 14:42, 2 October 2019 ‎Sugars (hist) ‎[911 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Simple carbohydrates, generally with a sweet taste and soluble in water. The term is usually reserved for mono- and disaccharides (see carbohydrates). In non-scientific Englis...")
• 14:42, 2 October 2019 ‎Sucrose (hist) ‎[723 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A disaccharide of glucose and fructose. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 14:41, 2 October 2019 ‎Subunit vaccine (hist) ‎[752 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A vaccine composed of a purified antigenic determinant that is separated from the virulent organism.")
• 14:40, 2 October 2019 ‎Subcloning (hist) ‎[728 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The process of tranferring a cloned DNA fragment from one vector to another.")
• 14:40, 2 October 2019 ‎STS (hist) ‎[681 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Sequence-tagged site.")
• 14:40, 2 October 2019 ‎Structure-functionalism (hist) ‎[818 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The scientific tradition that stresses the relationship between a physical structure and its function, for example, the related disciplines of anatomy and physiology.")
• 14:40, 2 October 2019 ‎Stroke (hist) ‎[830 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Interference with blood circulation in the brain, starving one or more parts of the brain of oxygen. The medical term is cerebrovascular accident. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 14:40, 2 October 2019 ‎Stringent plasmid (hist) ‎[793 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A plasmid that only replicates along with the main bacterial chromosome and is present as a single copy, or at most several copies, per cell.")
• 14:39, 2 October 2019 ‎Stringency (hist) ‎[982 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Reaction conditions--notably temperature, salt, and pH--that dictate the annealing of single-stranded DNA/DNA, DNA/RNA, and RNA/RNA hybrids. At high stringency, duplexes form...")
• 14:39, 2 October 2019 ‎Stop codon (hist) ‎[678 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Termination codon.")
• 14:39, 2 October 2019 ‎Sticky end (hist) ‎[790 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A protruding, single-stranded nucleotide sequence produced when a restriction endonuclease cleaves off center in its recognition sequence.")
• 14:39, 2 October 2019 ‎Stem cell (hist) ‎[884 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Precursor cell in various systems which is capable of producing the various functional cells of that system by cell division and differentiation, e.g., stem cells which differ...")
• 14:38, 2 October 2019 ‎Stationary phase (hist) ‎[804 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The plateau of the growth curve after log growth, during which cell number remains constant. New cells are produced at the same rate as older cells die.")
• 14:38, 2 October 2019 ‎Specificity of gene expression (hist) ‎[896 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A measure of the extent to which the ability of an organism to produce a particular gene product is determined by factors affecting the cell, for example, its function, phase...")
• 14:33, 2 October 2019 ‎Southern hybridization (hist) ‎[840 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A procedure in which DNA restriction fragments are transferred from an agarose gel to a nitrocellulose filter, where the denatured DNA is then hybridized to a radioactive prob...")
• 14:33, 2 October 2019 ‎Southern blotting (hist) ‎[683 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Southern hybridization.")
• 14:32, 2 October 2019 ‎Somatotrophin (hist) ‎[681 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Human growth hormone.")
• 14:32, 2 October 2019 ‎Somatic cell gene therapy (hist) ‎[720 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The repair or replacement of a defective gene within somatic tissue.")
• 14:20, 2 October 2019 ‎SnRNA (hist) ‎[674 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Small nuclear RNA.")
• 14:20, 2 October 2019 ‎Small nuclear RNA (hist) ‎[813 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Short RNA transcripts of 100-300 bp that associate with proteins to form small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles (snRNPs), which participate in RNA processing.")
• 14:19, 2 October 2019 ‎Site-directed mutagenesis (hist) ‎[720 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The process of introducing specific base-pair mutations into a gene.")
• 14:19, 2 October 2019 ‎Signal transduction (hist) ‎[887 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The biochemical events that conduct the signal of a hormone or growth factor from the cell exterior, through the cell membrane, and into the cytoplasm. This involves a number...")
• 14:19, 2 October 2019 ‎Short-chain fatty acids (hist) ‎[742 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Fatty acids with chain lengths of two to six carbon atoms. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 14:19, 2 October 2019 ‎Sexual reproduction (hist) ‎[731 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The process where two cells (gametes) fuse to form one hybrid, fertilized cell.")
• 14:19, 2 October 2019 ‎Sequence-tagged site (hist) ‎[731 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A unique (single-copy) DNA sequence used as a mapping landmark on a chromosome.")
• 14:18, 2 October 2019 ‎Sequence hypothesis (hist) ‎[776 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Francis Crick's seminal concept that genetic information exists as a linear DNA code; DNA and protein sequence are colinear.")
• 14:18, 2 October 2019 ‎Sequence characterisation (hist) ‎[833 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Determination of the order in which the nucleic acids making up a DNA molecule, or the amino acids making up a protein molecule, are linked together. Source: Biotechnology Gl...")
• 14:18, 2 October 2019 ‎Semiconservative replication (hist) ‎[869 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "During DNA duplication, each strand of a parent DNA molecule is a template for the synthesis of its new complementary strand. Thus, one half of a preexisting DNA molecule is c...")
• 13:58, 2 October 2019 ‎Self-pollination (hist) ‎[770 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Pollen of one plant is transferred to the female part of the same plant or another plant with the same genetic makeup.")
• 13:57, 2 October 2019 ‎Selectable marker (hist) ‎[789 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A gene whose expression allows one to identify cells that have been transforrned or transfected with a vector containing the marker gene.")
• 13:57, 2 October 2019 ‎S&E (hist) ‎[691 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See U.S. Department of Agriculture.")
• 13:56, 2 October 2019 ‎Saturated fatty acid (hist) ‎[744 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Fatty acid whose hydrocarbon chain contains no double bonds. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 13:56, 2 October 2019 ‎Satiation (hist) ‎[780 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The term for the physiologic processes that bring eating a meal to an end and control meal size. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 13:56, 2 October 2019 ‎Satellite RNA (hist) ‎[761 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A small, self-splicing RNA molecule that accompanies several plant viruses, including tobacco ringspot virus.")
• 09:16, 2 October 2019 ‎Safety policy (hist) ‎[802 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The overall intentions and direction of an organisation with regard to safety as formally expressed by top management. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 09:04, 2 October 2019 ‎RRNA (hist) ‎[674 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Ribosomal RNA.")
• 09:04, 2 October 2019 ‎RNA polymerase (hist) ‎[688 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Transcribes RNA from a DNA template.")
• 09:03, 2 October 2019 ‎Risk communication (hist) ‎[829 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The interactive exchange of information and opinions concerning risk among risk assessors, risk managers, consumers and other interested parties. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 09:03, 2 October 2019 ‎Risk characterisation (hist) ‎[937 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The qualitative and\or quantitative estimation, including attendant uncertainties, of the probability of occurrence and severity of known or potential adverse health effects i...")
• 09:02, 2 October 2019 ‎Risk analysis (hist) ‎[782 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A process consisting of three components: risk assessment, risk management and risk communication. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 09:01, 2 October 2019 ‎Ribozyme (hist) ‎[674 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Catalytic RNA.")
• 09:01, 2 October 2019 ‎Ribosome-binding site (hist) ‎[731 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The region of an mRNA molecule that binds the ribosome to initiate translation.")
• 16:20, 1 October 2019 ‎RFLP (hist) ‎[701 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Restriction-fragment-length polymorphism.")
• 16:19, 1 October 2019 ‎Reverse genetics (hist) ‎[874 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Using linkage analysis and polymorphic markers to isolate a disease gene in the absence of a known metabolic defect, then using the DNA sequence of the cloned gene to predict...")
• 16:19, 1 October 2019 ‎Restriction-fragment-length polymorphism (hist) ‎[807 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Differences in nucleotide sequence between alleles at a chromosomal locus result in restriction fragments of varying lengths detected by Southern analysis.")
• 16:18, 1 October 2019 ‎Restriction map (hist) ‎[668 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Mapping.")
• 16:18, 1 October 2019 ‎Restriction endonuclease (hist) ‎[1,237 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A class of endonucleases that cleaves DNA after recognizing a specific sequence, such as BamH1 (GGATCC), EcoRI (GAATTC), and HindIII (AAGCTT). Type I. Cuts nonspecifically a d...")
• 16:17, 1 October 2019 ‎Replicon (hist) ‎[750 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A chromosomal region containing the DNA sequences necessary to initiate DNA replication processes.")
• 16:17, 1 October 2019 ‎Reperfusion (hist) ‎[1,096 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The reoxygenation of tissue that has been deprived of adequate oxygen (ischaemia) as a result of either surgical procedures or physiological dysfunction. Vital organs can tole...")
• 16:17, 1 October 2019 ‎Renature (hist) ‎[747 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The reannealing (hydrogen bonding) of single-stranded DNA and/or RNA to form a duplex molecule.")
• 16:17, 1 October 2019 ‎Relaxed plasmid (hist) ‎[766 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A plasmid that replicates independently of the main bacterial chromosome and is present in 10-500 copies per cell.")
• 16:16, 1 October 2019 ‎Relaxed circle plasmid (hist) ‎[668 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Plasmid.")
• 16:16, 1 October 2019 ‎Relative risk (hist) ‎[810 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The ratio of the outcome rate among persons exposed to a certain factor divided by the outcome rate among persons not exposed. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 16:15, 1 October 2019 ‎Recombination frequency (hist) ‎[792 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The frequency at which crossing over occurs between two chromosomal loci--the probability that two loci will become unlinked during meiosis.")
• 16:15, 1 October 2019 ‎Recombinant organism (hist) ‎[842 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An organism in which the DNA has been made by joining together segments of DNA using the techniques of genetic modification described in Directive 90\220\EEC. Source: Biotech...")
• 16:15, 1 October 2019 ‎Recombinant DNA technology (hist) ‎[779 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "a broad term referring to molecular cloning as well as techniques for making recombinant DNA or using it for specific purposes.")
• 16:14, 1 October 2019 ‎Recombinant (hist) ‎[700 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A cell that results from recombination of genes.")
• 16:14, 1 October 2019 ‎Recognition sequence (hist) ‎[894 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A nucleotide sequence--composed typically of 4, 6, or 8 nucleotides--that is recognized by a restriction endonuclease. Type II enzyrnes cut (and their corresponding modificati...")
• 16:14, 1 October 2019 ‎Recessive(-acting) oncogene (hist) ‎[793 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A single copy of this gene is sufficient to suppress cell proliferation; the loss of both copies of the gene contributes to cancer formation.")
• 16:13, 1 October 2019 ‎Recessive gene (hist) ‎[755 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Characterized as having a phenotype expressed only when both copies of the gene are mutated or missing.")
• 16:13, 1 October 2019 ‎Reading frame (hist) ‎[804 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A series of triplet codons beginning from a specific nucleotide. Depending on where one begins, each DNA strand contains three different reading frames.")
• 16:13, 1 October 2019 ‎Reactive oxygen species (hist) ‎[962 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Forms of oxygen that have enhanced chemical reactivity compared with the normal oxygen molecule; many are free radicals (see also free radical).Risk factorPhysical condition o...")
• 16:13, 1 October 2019 ‎Ratio scaling (hist) ‎[817 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Method for quantification of effects through magnitude estimation of how many times the effect of a sample is compared to a standard. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 15:26, 1 October 2019 ‎Quantitative trait loci (hist) ‎[822 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "a combination of genes that often controls economically significant genetic traits, such as disease resistance in animals and, in dairy cattle, milk quality and quantity.")
• 15:26, 1 October 2019 ‎Quality system (hist) ‎[790 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The organisational structure, procedures, processes and resources needed to implement quality management. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 15:26, 1 October 2019 ‎Quality management (hist) ‎[945 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "All activities of the overall management function that determine the quality policy, objectives and responsibilities and that implement them by means such as quality planning,...")
• 15:26, 1 October 2019 ‎Quality control (hist) ‎[766 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The operational techniques and activities used to fulfil requirements for quality. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 15:25, 1 October 2019 ‎Quality assurance (hist) ‎[876 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "All the planned and systematic activities implemented within the quality system, and demonstrated as needed, to provide adequate confidence that an entity will fulfil requirem...")
• 15:25, 1 October 2019 ‎Quality (hist) ‎[789 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The totality of characteristics of an entity that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 14:57, 1 October 2019 ‎PVA (hist) ‎[674 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Plant Variety Act.")
• 14:57, 1 October 2019 ‎PUC (hist) ‎[718 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A widely used expression plasmid containing a -galactosidase gene.")
• 14:57, 1 October 2019 ‎Public Health Service Act (hist) ‎[689 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Food and Drug Administration.")
• 14:56, 1 October 2019 ‎Psychophysical (hist) ‎[773 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Concerning the relationships between measurable stimuli and the corresponding responses. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 14:56, 1 October 2019 ‎Provirus (hist) ‎[666 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See virus.")
• 14:55, 1 October 2019 ‎Proteolytic (hist) ‎[696 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The ability to break down protein molecules.")
• 14:55, 1 October 2019 ‎Proteinaceous infectious particle (hist) ‎[824 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A proposed pathogen composed only of protein with no detectable nucleic acid and which is responsible for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and kuru in humans and scrapie in sheep.")
• 14:55, 1 October 2019 ‎Protein kinase (hist) ‎[754 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An enzyme that adds phosphate groups to a protein molecule at serine, threonine, or tyrosine residues.")
• 14:55, 1 October 2019 ‎Protein engineering (hist) ‎[975 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "the alteration of DNA to encode the synthesis of new proteins that perform new functions. DNA is made of only four nucleotides, in varying sequences, so it can be modified mor...")
• 14:53, 1 October 2019 ‎Prostaglandins (hist) ‎[881 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Fatty acids synthesised by various white blood cells and at the surface of mast cells, that can cause either contraction or relaxation of smooth muscles in the airways and in...")
• 14:53, 1 October 2019 ‎Prospective (cohort) study (hist) ‎[1,171 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A study in which the study population is characterised at the start of the study and followed into the future. A population of people who do not (yet) have the disease under i...")
• 14:53, 1 October 2019 ‎Pronucleus (hist) ‎[742 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Either of the two haploid gamete nuclei just prior to their fusion in the fertilized ovum.")
• 14:51, 1 October 2019 ‎Primer (hist) ‎[793 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A short DNA or RNA fragment annealed to single-stranded DNA, from which DNA polymerase extends a new DNA strand to produce a duplex molecule.")
• 14:50, 1 October 2019 ‎Primary cell (hist) ‎[737 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A cell or cell line taken directly from a living organism, which is not immortalized.")
• 14:50, 1 October 2019 ‎PPA (hist) ‎[691 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See U.S. Department of Agriculture.")
• 14:49, 1 October 2019 ‎Post transcriptional changes (hist) ‎[880 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Changes to a protein that occur after DNA has been copied to form messenger RNA and this has been translated to produce protein - for example, to facilitate excretion of the p...")
• 14:49, 1 October 2019 ‎Population (hist) ‎[738 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A local group of organisms belonging to the same species and capable of interbreeding.")
• 14:49, 1 October 2019 ‎Polyvalent vaccine (hist) ‎[778 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A recombinant organism into which has been cloned antigenic determinants from a number of different disease-causing organisms.")
• 14:47, 1 October 2019 ‎Polynucleotide (hist) ‎[699 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A DNA polymer composed of multiple nucleotides.")
• 14:47, 1 October 2019 ‎Polymorphisms (hist) ‎[729 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Variant forms of a particular gene that occur simultaneously in a population.")
• 14:46, 1 October 2019 ‎Polymerase chain reaction (hist) ‎[710 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A procedure that enzymatically amplifies a DNA polymerase.")
• 14:46, 1 October 2019 ‎Polylinker (hist) ‎[766 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A short DNA sequence containing several restriction enzyme recognition sites that is contained in cloning vectors.")
• 14:45, 1 October 2019 ‎Polyclonal antibodies (hist) ‎[764 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A mixture of immunoglobulin molecules secreted against a specific antigen, each recognizing a different epitope.")
• 14:45, 1 October 2019 ‎Polyacrylamide gel electrophores (hist) ‎[823 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Electrophoresis through a matrix composed of a synthetic polymer, used to separate proteins, small DNA, or RNA molecules of up to 1000 nucleotides. Used in DNA sequencing.")
• 14:44, 1 October 2019 ‎Poly(A) polymerase (hist) ‎[747 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Catalyzes the addition of adenine residues to the 3' end of pre-mRNAs to form the poly(A) tail.")
• 14:44, 1 October 2019 ‎Pleiotrophy (hist) ‎[712 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The effect of a particular gene on several different traits.")
• 14:21, 1 October 2019 ‎Plaque (hist) ‎[926 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A clear spot on a lawn of bacteria or cultured cells where cells have been Iysed by viral infection.")
• 14:21, 1 October 2019 ‎Plant Variety Act (hist) ‎[691 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See U.S. Department of Agriculture.")
• 14:19, 1 October 2019 ‎Plant Pest Act (hist) ‎[691 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See U.S. Department of Agriculture.")
• 14:19, 1 October 2019 ‎Placebo (hist) ‎[816 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A harmless and pharmacologically inactive substance, usually disguised, given to compare its effect with that of an active material. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 14:18, 1 October 2019 ‎Physical map (hist) ‎[757 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A map showing physical locations on a DNA molecule, such as restriction sites, and sequence-tagged sites.")
• 14:16, 1 October 2019 ‎Phospholipid (hist) ‎[1,063 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "* A class of lipid molecules in which a phosphate group is linked to glycerol and two fatty acyl groups. A chief component of biological membranes. * A lipid that contains pho...")
• 14:15, 1 October 2019 ‎Phosphodiester bond (hist) ‎[860 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A bond in which a phosphate group joins adjacent carbons through ester linkages. A condensation reaction between adjacent nucleotides results in a phosphodiester bond between...")
• 14:15, 1 October 2019 ‎Phosphatase (hist) ‎[732 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An enzyme that hydrolyzes esters of phosphoric acid, removing a phosphate group.")
• 14:15, 1 October 2019 ‎Pheromone (hist) ‎[715 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A hormone-like substance that is secreted into the environment.")
• 14:14, 1 October 2019 ‎Phasic activity (hist) ‎[733 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Activity which is demonstrated in various phases. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 14:14, 1 October 2019 ‎Pharmacological (hist) ‎[737 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Pertains to drug-like actions of chemical substances. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 14:12, 1 October 2019 ‎Persistence (hist) ‎[753 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Ability of an organism to remain in a particular setting for a period of time after it is introduced.")
• 14:11, 1 October 2019 ‎PCR (hist) ‎[686 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Polymerase chain reaction.")
• 14:10, 1 October 2019 ‎PBR322 (hist) ‎[720 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A derivation of ColE1, one of the first plasmid vectors widely used.")
• 14:10, 1 October 2019 ‎Pathogen (hist) ‎[705 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Organism which can cause disease in another organism.")
• 14:10, 1 October 2019 ‎Parasitism (hist) ‎[759 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The close association of two or more dissimilar organisms where the association is harmful to at least one.")
• 14:10, 1 October 2019 ‎Papillae (hist) ‎[757 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Minute elevations of the upper surface of the tongue in which nerves end. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 14:09, 1 October 2019 ‎PAMP (hist) ‎[718 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Ampicillin-resistant plasmid developed for this laboratory course.")
• 14:09, 1 October 2019 ‎Palindromic sequence (hist) ‎[890 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A DNA locus whose 5'-to-3' sequence is identical on each DNA strand. The sequence is the same when one strand is read left to right and the other strand is read right to left....")
• 14:09, 1 October 2019 ‎Palindrome (hist) ‎[681 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Palindromic sequence.")
• 15:44, 30 September 2019 ‎Oxidative stress (hist) ‎[797 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A condition in which the production of oxidants and free radicals exceeds the body's ability to inactivate them. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 15:42, 30 September 2019 ‎Overlapping reading frames (hist) ‎[752 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Start codons in different reading frames generate different polypeptides from the same DNA sequence.")
• 15:42, 30 September 2019 ‎Osteoporosis (hist) ‎[877 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A disorder characterised by an abnormally low density of the bone mineral. The condition predisposes to fracture of certain vulnerable bones and occurs most frequently in wome...")
• 15:41, 30 September 2019 ‎Origin of replication (hist) ‎[712 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The nucleotide sequence at which DNA synthesis is initiated.")
• 15:39, 30 September 2019 ‎Open reading frame (hist) ‎[747 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A long DNA sequence that is uninterrupted by a stop codon and encodes part or all of a protein.")
• 15:39, 30 September 2019 ‎Open pollination (hist) ‎[710 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Pollination by wind, insects, or other natural mechanisms.")
• 15:39, 30 September 2019 ‎Oncogenesis (hist) ‎[750 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The progression of cytological, genetic, and cellular changes that culminate in a malignant tumor.")
• 15:38, 30 September 2019 ‎Oligosaccharide (hist) ‎[705 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See carbohydrate. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 15:38, 30 September 2019 ‎Oligonucleotide (hist) ‎[701 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A DNA polymer composed of only a few nucleotides.")
• 15:36, 30 September 2019 ‎Occupational Safety and Health Act (hist) ‎[706 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Occupational Safety and Health Administration.")
• 15:19, 30 September 2019 ‎National Institutes of Health (hist) ‎[740 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A nonregulatory agency which has oversight of research activities that the agency funds.")
• 15:14, 30 September 2019 ‎Nutrient density (hist) ‎[776 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Nutrient content of a food expressed in relation to energy content (e.g. Mg per 1000 kcal). Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 15:13, 30 September 2019 ‎Nuranone (hist) ‎[860 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Nuranone is a sex pheromone produced by female Japanese beetles to attract males for mating. As a pesticide, it is used to lure male Japanese beetles into traps so that the ma...")
• 15:12, 30 September 2019 ‎Nucleoside analog (hist) ‎[792 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A synthetic molecule that resembles a naturally occuring nucleoside, but that lacks a bond site needed to link it to an adjacent nucleotide.")
• 15:12, 30 September 2019 ‎Nucleoside (hist) ‎[748 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A building block of DNA and RNA, consisting of a nitrogenous base linked to a five carbon sugar.")
• 15:12, 30 September 2019 ‎Nuclein (hist) ‎[772 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The term used by Friedrich Miescher to describe the nuclear material he discovered in 1869, which today is known as DNA.")
• 15:12, 30 September 2019 ‎Nucleic acids (hist) ‎[790 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The two nucleic acids, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), are made up of long chains of molecules called nucleotides.")
• 15:12, 30 September 2019 ‎Nuclease (hist) ‎[1,089 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A class of enzymes that degrades DNA and/or RNA molecules by cleaving the phosphodiester bonds that link adjacent nucleotides. In deoxyribonuclease (DNase), the substrate is D...")
• 15:11, 30 September 2019 ‎NSF (hist) ‎[688 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See National Science Foundation.")
• 15:11, 30 September 2019 ‎Northern hybridization (hist) ‎[828 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(Northern blotting). A procedure in which RNA fragments are transferred from an agarose gel to a nitrocellulose filter, where the RNA is then hybridized to a radioactive probe.")
• 15:11, 30 September 2019 ‎Northern blotting (hist) ‎[683 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Northern hybridization.")
• 15:11, 30 September 2019 ‎Nontarget organism (hist) ‎[744 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An organism which is affected by an interaction for which it was not the intended recipient.")
• 15:10, 30 September 2019 ‎Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (hist) ‎[710 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Diabetes mellitus. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 15:10, 30 September 2019 ‎Non-coding linker sequences (hist) ‎[789 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Short pieces of DNA between genes which do not direct protein synthesis or perform a regulatory function. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 15:09, 30 September 2019 ‎Nitrogenous bases (hist) ‎[770 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine, cytosine, and uracil) that comprise DNA and RNA molecules.")
• 15:09, 30 September 2019 ‎Nitrogen fixation (hist) ‎[723 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen to biologically usable nitrates.")
• 15:09, 30 September 2019 ‎Nitrocellulose (hist) ‎[765 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A membrane used to immobilize DNA, RNA, or protein, which can then be probed with a labeled sequence or antibody.")
• 15:09, 30 September 2019 ‎NIH (hist) ‎[690 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See National Institutes of Health.")
• 15:08, 30 September 2019 ‎Nicked circle (hist) ‎[854 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "During extraction of plasmid DNA from the bacterial cell, one strand of the DNA becomes nicked. This relaxes the torsional strain needed to maintain supercoiling, producing th...")
• 15:08, 30 September 2019 ‎Nick translation (hist) ‎[862 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A procedure for making a DNA probe in which a DNA fragment is treated with DNase to produce single-stranded nicks, followed by incorporation of radioactive nucleotides from th...")
• 15:07, 30 September 2019 ‎Neuroepithelial (hist) ‎[733 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Forming connections of neurons at the epithelium. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 15:07, 30 September 2019 ‎National Science Foundation (hist) ‎[754 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A nonregulatory agency which has oversight of biotechnology research activities that the agency funds.")
• 15:07, 30 September 2019 ‎National Institutions of Health (hist) ‎[740 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A nonregulatory agency which has oversight of research activities that the agency funds.")
• 09:25, 30 September 2019 ‎Mycorrhizae (hist) ‎[728 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Fungi that form symbiotic relationships with roots of more developed plants.")
• 09:25, 30 September 2019 ‎Mutualism (hist) ‎[670 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Symbiosis.")
• 09:24, 30 September 2019 ‎Multi-locus probe (hist) ‎[736 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A probe that hybridizes to a number of different sites in the genome of an organism.")
• 09:23, 30 September 2019 ‎Movable genetic element (hist) ‎[671 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Transposon.")
• 09:23, 30 September 2019 ‎Monogenic (hist) ‎[699 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Controlled by or associated with a single gene.")
• 09:22, 30 September 2019 ‎Monoclonal antibodies (hist) ‎[747 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Immunoglobulin molecules of single-epitope specificity that are secreted by a clone of B cells.")
• 09:22, 30 September 2019 ‎Molecular genetics (hist) ‎[752 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The study of the flow and regulation of genetic information between DNA, RNA, and protein molecules.")
• 09:22, 30 September 2019 ‎Molecular cloning (hist) ‎[798 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The biological amplification of a specific DNA sequence through mitotic division of a host cell into which it has been transformed or transfected.")
• 09:21, 30 September 2019 ‎Microorganisms (hist) ‎[743 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "organisms so small (e.g., bacteria and yeast) that they can be seen only with a microscope.")
• 09:21, 30 September 2019 ‎Microinjection (hist) ‎[773 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A means to introduce a solution of DNA, protein, or other soluble material into a cell using a fine microcapillary pipet.")
• 09:21, 30 September 2019 ‎Microbial mats (hist) ‎[707 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Layered groups or communities of microbial populations.")
• 09:20, 30 September 2019 ‎Microbe (hist) ‎[668 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A microorganism.")
• 09:20, 30 September 2019 ‎Metallothionein (hist) ‎[723 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A protective protein that binds heavy metals, such as cadmium and lead.")
• 09:18, 30 September 2019 ‎Megabase cloning (hist) ‎[692 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The cloning of very large DNA fragments.")
• 09:18, 30 September 2019 ‎Maple lactone (hist) ‎[778 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Maple lactone is used in a cockroach attractant trap placed in dark or humid indoor areas where cockroaches are usually found.")
• 09:15, 30 September 2019 ‎Malignant (hist) ‎[694 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Having the properties of cancerous growth.")
• 09:02, 30 September 2019 ‎Lytic (hist) ‎[807 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A phase of the virus life cycle during which the virus replicates within the host cell, releasing a new generation of viruses when the infected cell lyses.")
• 09:02, 30 September 2019 ‎Lysogenic (hist) ‎[833 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A type or phase of the virus life cycle during which the virus integrates into the host chromosome of the infected cell, often remaining essentially dormant for some period of...")
• 09:01, 30 September 2019 ‎Lysogen (hist) ‎[716 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A bacterial cell whose chromosome contains integrated viral DNA.")
• 09:01, 30 September 2019 ‎Lycopene (hist) ‎[805 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A carotenoid found primarily in tomatoes. Lycopene has antioxidant activity but does not act as a precursor of vitamin A. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 09:01, 30 September 2019 ‎Lutein (hist) ‎[776 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A carotenoid found primarily in green leafy vegetables. Lutein has no provitamin A activity. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 09:00, 30 September 2019 ‎Low-density lipoproteins (hist) ‎[892 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Plasma lipoproteins containing high concentrations of lipids (which are low in density compared to that of water), including cholesterol. Increased concentrations are a risk f...")
• 09:00, 30 September 2019 ‎Logarithmic phase (hist) ‎[774 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The steepest slope of the growth curve--the phase of vigorous growth during which cell number doubles every 20-30 minutes.")
• 08:59, 30 September 2019 ‎Log phase (hist) ‎[678 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Logarithmic phase.")
• 08:58, 30 September 2019 ‎Liposomes (hist) ‎[740 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Membrane-bound vesicles constructed in the laboratory to transport biological molecules.")
• 08:58, 30 September 2019 ‎Lipoproteins (hist) ‎[864 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Particles composed of specialised proteins and lipids (triglycerides, phospholipids and ccholesterol) which enable lipids (which are water insoluble) to be carried in blood pl...")
• 08:58, 30 September 2019 ‎Lipid peroxidation (hist) ‎[1,019 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A process in which unsaturated fat-soluble substances (lipids) are oxidised to form radicals and therefore capable of causing extensive tissue damage. The polyunsaturated fatt...")
• 08:57, 30 September 2019 ‎Linker (hist) ‎[796 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A short, double-stranded oligonucleotide containing a restriction endonuclease recognition site, which is ligated to the ends of a DNA fragment.")
• 08:57, 30 September 2019 ‎Linked genes/markers (hist) ‎[772 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Genes and/or markers that are so closely associated on the chromosome that they are coinherited in 80% or more of cases.")
• 08:56, 30 September 2019 ‎Linkage map (hist) ‎[680 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Genetic linkage map.")
• 08:55, 30 September 2019 ‎Ligate (hist) ‎[701 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The process of joining two or more DNA fragments.")
• 08:55, 30 September 2019 ‎Ligase (hist) ‎[838 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An enzyme that catalyzes a condensation reaction that links two DNA molecules via the formation of a phosphodiester bond between the 3' hydroxyl and 5' phosphate of adjacent n...")
• 08:54, 30 September 2019 ‎Library (hist) ‎[797 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A collection of cells, usually bacteria or yeast, that have been transformed with recombinant vectors carrying DNA inserts from a single species.")
• 08:54, 30 September 2019 ‎Leukotrienes (hist) ‎[789 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Chemical mediators of the inflammatory response, released by various white blood cells and by mast cells. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 08:53, 30 September 2019 ‎Lepidopteran Pheromones (hist) ‎[866 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Lepidopteran pheromones are used to disrupt the mating behavior of certain moths whose larvae destroy crops and trees. Data indicate that these compounds do not present any kn...")
• 08:53, 30 September 2019 ‎Lawn (hist) ‎[755 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A uniform and uninterrupted laver of bacterial growth, in which individual colonies cannot be observed.")
• 08:52, 30 September 2019 ‎Lag phase (hist) ‎[753 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The initial growth phase, during which cell number remains relatively constant prior to rapid growth.")
• 12:06, 29 September 2019 ‎Kanr (hist) ‎[678 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Kanamycin resistance gene.")
• 12:06, 29 September 2019 ‎Kanamycin (hist) ‎[748 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An antibiotic of the aminoglycoside family that poisons translation by binding to the ribosomes.")
• 12:05, 29 September 2019 ‎Joining (J) segment (hist) ‎[742 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A small DNA segment that links genes to yield a functional gene encoding an immunogobulin. Category: Biotechnology <html> <script type="text/javascript"> amzn_assoc_...")
• 11:42, 29 September 2019 ‎Ischaemia (hist) ‎[760 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Reduced or inadequate blood, and thus oxygen, supply to a part of the body. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
• 11:41, 29 September 2019 ‎Invasiveness (hist) ‎[828 bytes] ‎Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Ability of a plant to spread beyond its introduction site and become established in new locations where it may provide a deliterious effect on organisms already existing there.")

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