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  2. Subculture (biology) - Wikipedia

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    In biology, a subculture is either a new cell culture or a microbiological culture made by transferring some or all cells from a previous culture to fresh growth medium. This action is called subculturing or passaging the cells. Subculturing is used to prolong the lifespan and/or increase the number of cells or microorganisms in the culture. [1]

  3. Protein folding - Wikipedia

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    An estimate of 3 300 or 10 143 was made in one of his papers. [71] Levinthal's paradox is a thought experiment based on the observation that if a protein were folded by sequential sampling of all possible conformations, it would take an astronomical amount of time to do so, even if the conformations were sampled at a rapid rate (on the ...

  4. Glossary of biology - Wikipedia

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    This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms.It is intended as introductory material for novices; for more specific and technical definitions from sub-disciplines and related fields, see Glossary of cell biology, Glossary of genetics, Glossary of evolutionary biology, Glossary of ecology ...

  5. DNA polymerase III holoenzyme - Wikipedia

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    the ε subunit has 3'→5' exonuclease activity. the θ subunit stimulates the ε subunit's proofreading. 2 β units which act as sliding DNA clamps, they keep the polymerase bound to the DNA. 2 τ units which act to dimerize two of the core enzymes (α, ε, and θ subunits).

  6. Prokaryotic small ribosomal subunit - Wikipedia

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    The 30S subunit is an integral part of mRNA translation.It binds three prokaryotic initiation factors: IF-1, IF-2, and IF-3. [3]A portion of the 30S subunit (the 16S rRNA) guides the initiating start codon (5′)-AUG-(3′) of mRNA into position by recognizing the Shine-Dalgarno sequence, a complementary binding site about 8 base pairs upstream from the start codon. [4]

  7. Threshold potential - Wikipedia

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    A. A schematic view of an idealized action potential illustrates its various phases as the action potential passes a point on a cell membrane. B. Actual recordings of action potentials are often distorted compared to the schematic view because of variations in electrophysiological techniques used to make the recording.

  8. Scaffold protein - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] Scaffolds may also be catalytic as interaction with signaling proteins may result in allosteric changes of these signaling components. [5] Such changes may be able to enhance or inhibit the activation of these signaling proteins. An example is the Ste5 scaffold in the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. Ste5 has been proposed to ...

  9. Biological pathway - Wikipedia

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    In cell biology, a biological pathway is a series of interactions among molecules in a cell that leads to a certain product or a change in the cell. Such a pathway can trigger the assembly of new molecules, such as a fat or protein.