Encyclopedia - Biochemical Cascade: Encyclopedia - Biochemical Cascade
A biochemical cascade is a series of chemical reactions in which the products of one reaction are consumed in the next reaction. There ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biochemical Engineering: Encyclopedia - Biochemical Engineering
Biochemical engineering is a branch of chemical engineering that mainly deals with the design and construction of unit processes that inv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biochemical Engineering: Encyclopedia Ii - Biochemical Engineering - The Bioreactor
A bioreactor may refer to any device or system that supports a biologically active environment. In one case, a bioreactor is a vessel in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coenzyme Q: Encyclopedia - Coenzyme Q
Coenzyme Q (CoQ), also known as ubiquinone or ubiquinol, is a biologically active quinone with an isoprenoid side chain, related in struc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antibody: Encyclopedia - Antibody
An antibody is a protein used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects like bacteria and viruses. Each antibody re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Biochemistry: Encyclopedia - Alternative Biochemistry
Alternative biochemistry collectively refers to an assortment of astrobiology theories and hypotheses in which life is based on chemical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virology: Encyclopedia - Virology
Virology is the study of viruses and their properties. Virology is both the study of how a virus can affect a cell, and the biological an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metabolism: Encyclopedia - Metabolism
Metabolism (from μεταβολισμος ("metabolismos"), the Greek word for "change", or "overthrow" (Etymonline)), is the biochemical...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apoptosis: Encyclopedia - Apoptosis
In biology, apoptosis (from the Greek words apo = from and ptosis = falling, commonly pronounced ap-a-tow'-sis[1]) is one of the main typ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kinesiology: Encyclopedia - Kinesiology
Kinesiology is the study of human movement. The theory of kinesiology encompasses the study of the biological components of human movemen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cascade: Encyclopedia - Cascade
A cascade is a term for a waterfall, or series of waterfalls, and is applied abstractly to many different concepts involving a series of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Androstenedione: Encyclopedia - Androstenedione
Androstenedione is a 19-carbon steroid hormone produced in the adrenal glands and the gonads as an intermediate step in the biochemical p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darwin's Black Box: Encyclopedia - Darwin's Black Box
Darwin's Black Box : The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution is a 1996 book by Michael J. Behe in which he argues that many biochemic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Actinism: Encyclopedia - Actinism
Actinism is a property of radiation (particularly solar radiation) that leads to the production of photochemical effects. Actinism is der...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antimetabolite: Encyclopedia - Antimetabolite
An antimetabolite is a chemical with a similar structure to a substance (a metabolite) required for normal biochemical reactions, yet dif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calvin Cycle: Encyclopedia - Calvin Cycle
The Calvin cycle (or Calvin-Benson cycle) is a series of biochemical reactions that takes place in the chloroplasts of photosynthetic org...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zymology: Encyclopedia - Zymology
Zymology is the science of fermentation. It deals with the biochemical processes involved in fermentation, with yeast selection and physi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zymogen: Encyclopedia - Zymogen
A zymogen is an inactive enzyme precursor. A zymogen requires a biochemical change, such as a hydrolysis reaction revealing the active si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Physiology: Encyclopedia - Physiology
Physiology (in Greek physis = nature and logos = word) is the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living orga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agouti-related Peptide: Encyclopedia - Agouti-related Peptide
Agouti-related peptide (AgRP) is a neuropeptide created in the arcuate nucleus of the brain that increases appetite and decreases metabol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adenosine: Encyclopedia - Adenosine
Adenosine is a nucleoside comprised of adenine attached to a ribose (ribofuranose) moiety via a β-N9-glycosidic bond. Adenosine plays an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cryopreservation: Encyclopedia - Cryopreservation
Cryopreservation, is a process where cells or whole tissues are preserved by cooling to low sub-zero temperatures, such as (typically) -8...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Complement System: Encyclopedia - Complement System
The complement system is derived from many small plasma proteins that form the complex biochemical cascade of the immune system, leading ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adaptogen: Encyclopedia - Adaptogen
The word adaptogen, coined by Russian Scientist Dr. Nicolai Lazarev, refers to a natural herb product that increases the body's resistanc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basilar Membrane: Encyclopedia - Basilar Membrane
The basilar membrane within the cochlea of the inner ear separates two liquid filled tubes that run along the coil of the cochlea, the sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arsenic: Encyclopedia - Arsenic
Arsenic is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol As and atomic number 33. This is a notoriously poisonous metalloi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capacitation: Encyclopedia - Capacitation
Capacitation is the final step in the maturation of mammalian spermatozoa and is required to render them competent to fertilize an oocyte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coquina: Encyclopedia - Coquina
Coquina is an incompletely consolidated sedimentary rock of biochemical origin, mainly composed of mineral calcite, often including some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adrienne Mayor: Encyclopedia - Adrienne Mayor
Adrienne Mayor is a classical folklorist whose main interests have been pre-Darwinian interpretations of paleontological remains (in The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Active Transport: Encyclopedia - Active Transport
Active transport is the mediated transport of biochemicals, and other atomic/molecular substances, across membranes. Unlike passive trans...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Splicing: Encyclopedia - Alternative Splicing
Alternative splicing is the process that occurs in eukaryotes in which the splicing process of a pre-mRNA can lead to different ripe mRNA...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cybrids Medical: Encyclopedia - Cybrids Medical
Cybrids, or cytoplasmic hybrids, are eukaryotic cell lines produced by the fusion of rho-zero cells and mitochondria from another donor. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture-specific Syndrome: Encyclopedia - Culture-specific Syndrome
In medicine and medical anthropology, a culture-specific syndrome or culture-bound syndrome is a combination of psychiatric and somatic s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biochemical Engineering: Encyclopedia Ii - Biochemical Engineering - Bioreactor Design
Bioreactor design is quite a complex engineering task. Under optimum conditions the microorganisms or cells are able to perform their des...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biochemical Engineering: Encyclopedia Ii - Biochemical Engineering - Nasa Tissue Cloning Bioreactor
Recently NASA announced another new type of Bioreactor that artificially grows tissue in Cell cultures. NASA's Tissue Bioreactor can grow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lipoxygenases: Encyclopedia Ii - Lipoxygenases - Biochemical Classification
EC 1.13.11.12 lipoxygenase (linoleate:oxygen 13-oxidoreductase) linoleate + O2 = (9Z,11E,13S)-13-hydroperoxyoctadeca-9,11-dienoate EC 1...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Biochemical: Oceanography Dictionary - Biochemical
  Definition and meaning of biochemical:   biochemical - a product produced by chemical reactions in living organisms ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hydrogenase: Encyclopedia Ii - Hydrogenase - Biochemical Classification
EC 1.12.1.2 hydrogen dehydrogenase (hydrogen:NAD+ oxidoreductase) H2 + NAD+ = H+ + NADH EC 1.12.1.3 hydrogen dehydrogenase (NADP) (hydr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Splicing Genetics: Encyclopedia Ii - Splicing Genetics - Biochemical Mechanism
Spliceosomal splicing and self-splicing involves a two-step biochemical process. Both steps involve transesterification reactions that oc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Methionine: Encyclopedia Ii - Methionine - Other Biochemical Pathways
Although mammals cannot synthesize methionine, they can still utilize it in a variety of biochemical pathways: Methionine is converted t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Anti-lewisite: Encyclopedia Ii - British Anti-lewisite - Biochemical Function
Heavy metals act by chemically reacting with adjacent sulfhydryl residues on metabolic enzymes, creating a chelate complex that inhibits ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antibody: Encyclopedia Ii - Antibody - Biochemical Applications
In biochemistry, antibodies are used for immunological identification of proteins, using the Western blot method. A similar technique is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Biochemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Biochemistry - Other Exotic Biochemical Elements
Chlorine is sometimes proposed as a biological alternative to oxygen, either in carbon-based biologies or hypothetical non-carbon-based o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Methionine: Encyclopedia Ii - Methionine - Biosynthesis
Since methionine is an essential amino acid, it cannot be synthesized in humans. However, in plants and microorganisms, methionine is syn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coenzyme Q: Encyclopedia Ii - Coenzyme Q - Chemical Properties
The oxidized structure of CoQ, or Q, is given here: The various kinds of Coenzyme Q can be distinguished by the number of isoprenoid sid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Splicing Genetics: Encyclopedia Ii - Splicing Genetics - Alternative Splicing
Main article: Alternative splicing In many cases, the splicing process can create many unique proteins from a large collection of exons. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coenzyme Q: Encyclopedia Ii - Coenzyme Q - Supplementation
Because of its ability to transfer electrons and therefore act as an antioxidant, Coenzyme Q has become a fashionable dietary supplement....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Splicing Genetics: Encyclopedia Ii - Splicing Genetics - Splicing Pathways
Several methods of RNA splicing occur in nature. The type of splicing depends on the structure of the spliced intron and the catalysts re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Splicing Genetics: Encyclopedia Ii - Splicing Genetics - Splicing Pathways
Several methods of RNA splicing occur in nature. The type of splicing depends on the structure of the spliced intron and the catalysts r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Biochemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Biochemistry - Nitrogen/phosphorus Biochemistry
Nitrogen and phosphorus also offer possibilities as the basis for biochemical molecules. Phosphorus can form long chain molecules on its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antibody: Encyclopedia Ii - Antibody - Function
The antibodies have two primary functions: they bind antigens -- see below they combine with different immunoglobulin receptors specific...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antibody: Encyclopedia Ii - Antibody - Structure Of The Antibody
Immunoglobulins are heavy plasma proteins, often with added sugar chains (see glycosylation) on N-terminal (all antibodies) and occasiona...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antibody: Encyclopedia Ii - Antibody - Isotypes
According to differences in their heavy chain constant domains, immunoglobulins are grouped into five classes or isotypes: IgG, IgA, IgM,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Splicing Genetics: Encyclopedia Ii - Splicing Genetics - Splicing Errors
Mutations in the introns or exons can prevent splicing and thus prevent protein biosynthesis. Common errors: Mutation of a splice site, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antibody: Encyclopedia Ii - Antibody - Medical Applications
Detection of particular antibodies is a very common form of medical diagnostics. Serology depends on these methods. Autoimmune disorders ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Biochemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Biochemistry - In Fiction
In the realm of science fiction there have occasionally been forms of life proposed that, while often highly speculative and unsupported ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Biochemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Biochemistry - Artificial Life
See main article Artificial Life It is possible in principle to construct a robot or a system of robots that is capable of replicating it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Splicing Genetics: Encyclopedia Ii - Splicing Genetics - Evolution
Splicing occurs in all the kingdoms or domains of life, however, the extent and types of splicing can be very different between the major...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antibody: Encyclopedia Ii - Antibody - Structure Of The Antibody
Immunoglobulins are heavy plasma proteins, often with added sugar chains (see glycosylation) on N-terminal (all antibodies) and occasiona...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antibody: Encyclopedia Ii - Antibody - Function
The antibodies have two primary functions: they bind antigens -- see below they combine with different immunoglobulin receptors specific...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Biochemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Biochemistry - Silicon Biochemistry
The most common other proposed basis is silicon, since silicon has many similar chemical properties to carbon. Silicon has a number of ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apoptosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Apoptosis - Functions Of Apoptosis
Apoptosis - Cell damage or infection. Apoptosis can occur, for instance, when a cell is damaged beyond repair, or infected with a virus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apoptosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Apoptosis - Apoptotic Process
Apoptosis - Morphology. A cell undergoing apoptosis shows a characteristic morphology that can be seen under a microscope: The cell be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apoptosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Apoptosis - Implication And Role Of Apoptosis In Diverse Pathologies
Apoptosis - Apoptosis and HIV progression. In the review article by Alimonti et al (2004), they describe how HIV-1 causes apoptosis in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apoptosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Apoptosis - History And Highlights In Apoptosis Research
A timeline of apoptosis research can be found in Cell Death and Differentiation (2002) 9:349-54.[16] Apoptosis - Early research and the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aortic Dissection: Encyclopedia Ii - Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis
Because of the varying symptoms and signs of aortic dissection depending on the initial intimal tear and the extent of the dissection, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aortic Dissection: Encyclopedia Ii - Aortic Dissection - First Aid
It is unlikely that a first-aider will recognize this condition. Call for help and arrange for immediate transport to advanced medical ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aortic Dissection: Encyclopedia Ii - Aortic Dissection - Treatment
The risk of death due to aortic dissection is highest in the first few hours after the dissection begins, and decreases afterwards. Becau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aortic Dissection: Encyclopedia Ii - Aortic Dissection - Overview
As with all other arteries, the aorta is made up of three layers. The layer that is in direct contact with the flow of blood is the tunic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aortic Dissection: Encyclopedia Ii - Aortic Dissection - Classification Systems
Several different classification systems have been used to describe aortic dissections. The systems commonly in use are either based on t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aortic Dissection: Encyclopedia Ii - Aortic Dissection - Pathophysiology
The initiating event in an aortic dissection is a tear in the intimal lining of the aorta. Due to the high pressures in the aorta, blood ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aortic Dissection: Encyclopedia Ii - Aortic Dissection - Etiology
Aortic dissection is associated with hypertension (high blood pressure) and many connective tissue disorders. Vasculitis (inflammation of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aortic Dissection: Encyclopedia Ii - Aortic Dissection - Signs And Symptoms
About 96% of individuals with aortic dissection present with severe pain that had a sudden onset. It may be described as tearing in natur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Biochemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Biochemistry - Non-water Solvents
In addition to carbon compounds all currently known terrestrial life also requires water as a solvent. It is sometimes assumed that water...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orthomolecular Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Orthomolecular Medicine - Method
In orthomolecular medicine, diseases are assumed to originate from multiple nonspecific causes, congenital and acquired. These causes giv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isozyme: Encyclopedia Ii - Isozyme - Distinguishing Isozymes
Isozymes (and allozymes) are variants of the same enzyme. Unless they are identical in terms of their biochemical properties, for example...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sds-page: Encyclopedia Ii - Sds-page - Procedure
The solution of proteins to be analyzed is first mixed with SDS, an anionic detergent which denatures secondary and non–disulfide–lin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trait: Encyclopedia Ii - Trait - Definition
A trait may be any single feature or quantifiable measurement of an organism. However, the most useful traits for genetic analysis are pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conn's Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Conn's Syndrome - Diagnosis
Measuring aldosterone alone is not considered adequate to diagnose Conn's syndrome. Rather, both renin and aldosteron are measured, and t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cytokine: Encyclopedia Ii - Cytokine - Effects
Cytokines mediate many important physiological functions including growth, development, wound healing and immune response. They may affec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromatophore: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromatophore - Classification
Chromforo was first used to describe invertebrate pigment cells in 1819 and the term chromatophore (Greek: khrōma = "color", phoros = "b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Water Quality: Encyclopedia Ii - Water Quality - Measurement Of Water Quality
The complexity of water quality as a subject is reflected in the many types of measurements of water quality. These measurements include ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Protein Biosynthesis: Encyclopedia Ii - Protein Biosynthesis - Events Following Biosynthesisprotein Synthesis
The events following biosynthesis include post-translational modification and protein folding. During and after synthesis, polypeptide ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harvard College: Encyclopedia Ii - Harvard College - Concentrations
Majors at Harvard College are known as concentrations. As of 2003, Harvard College offered 41 different concentrations: African and Afri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glutamine: Encyclopedia Ii - Glutamine - Biochemistry
Glutamine - Formation and Nomenclature. Glutamine is genetically coded for by the RNA codons CAA and CAG. Its three-letter abbreviation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Feces: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Feces - Laboratory Testing Of Feces
In the medical profession, feces are referred to as stools. This comes from the Anglo-Saxon word stol, which means "seat". The word stool...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inbreeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Inbreeding - Means To Avoid Inbreeding
Mammals, most other animals, and higher plants as well, have ways to avoid inbreeding of any sort. They can be mechanical or societal. An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dilgar: Encyclopedia Ii - Dilgar - Deathwalker
Unknown to Earth and the League, a single Dilgar survived both the war and the supernova: Warmaster Jha'dur, the most infamous leader of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Biochemical Genetics: Oceanography Dictionary - Biochemical Genetics
  Definition and meaning of biochemical genetics:   biochemical genetics - the study of the relationships between genes a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Biochemical Cycle: Oceanography Dictionary - Biochemical Cycle
  Definition and meaning of biochemical cycle:   biochemical cycle - the flow of an element through the living tissue and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Schuessler Biochemic System Of Medicine: Alternative Health Dictionary On Schuessler Biochemic System Of Medicine
Schuessler biochemic system of medicine (biochemic medicine, biochemic system of medicine, biochemic system of medicines, tissue salts...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Bod,: Oceanography Dictionary - Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Bod,
  Definition and meaning of Biochemical Oxygen Demand:   BOD (Biological (or Biochemical) Oxygen Demand) - the oxygen use...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Bod: Oceanography Dictionary - Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Bod
  Definition and meaning of biochemical oxygen demand:   biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) - the amount of oxygen taken up ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hallucinogen: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Hallucinogen
Hallucinogen: A chemical or biochemical substance capable of inducing hallucinations when introduced into the human metabolism. &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cell Salt Therapy - Tissue Salt Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Cell Salt Therapy - Tissue Salt Therapy
cell salt therapy (tissue salt therapy): Variation of the Schuessler biochemic system of medicine. It uses 45 cell salts.   (Se...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Neural Kinesiology: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Neural Kinesiology
NEURAL KINESIOLOGY This technique is a holistic healing system which utilizes the best of American kinesiology and European neural the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Whole System Healthscan: Alternative Health Dictionary On Whole System Healthscan
Whole System Healthscan (W/S Healthscan): Healing system related to Contact Reflex Analysis. It includes cranial work (see CranioSacra...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hypnoaesthetics: Alternative Health Dictionary On Hypnoaesthetics
Hypnoaesthetics: application of hypnosis to establishing and maintaining intimacy between one's subconscious and one's biochemical and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Neuromuscular Therapy: Holistic Health Dictionary I On Neuromuscular Therapy
NEUROMUSCULAR THERAPY Is a scientific technique used to bring about structural homeostasis (balance) between the musculoskeletal and n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - 30-day Body Purification Program: Alternative Health Dictionary On 30-day Body Purification Program
30-Day Body Purification Program: Group of purification techniques whose principle is that cleansing the body's internal ecosystem wit...   » Read the article