Posts Tagged ‘Molecular Biology’

Sense (molecular biology)

Sense, when applied in a molecular biology context, is a general concept used to compare the polarity of nucleic acid molecules, such as DNA or RNA, to other nucleic acid molecules.

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Monoclonal antibodies

A general representation of the methods used to produce monoclonal antibodies.

Monoclonal antibodies (mAb or moAb) are monospecific antibodies that are identical because they are produced by one type of immune cell that are all clones of a single parent cell.

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Classical genetics

Classical genetics consists of the techniques and methodologies of genetics that predate the advent of molecular biology. A key discovery of classical genetics in eukaryotes was genetic linkage.

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Genomics


Genomics is the study of an organism’s entire genome. The field includes intensive efforts to determine the entire DNA sequence of organisms and fine-scale genetic mapping efforts.

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TaqMan

In molecular biology, quantitative real time PCR methods using a dual-labelled fluorogenic probe called a TaqMan probe is a rapid fluorophore-based real-time PCR method.

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