molecular biology

Molecular biology is a general term for biologists working with biomolecules, genes, biophysics and such. It encompasses genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, biophysics and other.

I feel it is time to start a solid reference guide to one of my preferred fields of study. This molecular biology metanode will slowly build up to a complete glossary/dictionary. To start, I will include the most important terms here and as I have more time, I will add to them.
As an aid, I will only hard-link those nodes that are in the database, reducing dead links.

A

• Aminoacyl site *A-site*
• Absorption spectrum
• Acetyl CoA
• Acid Hyrolases
• Acquired immune response
• Actin-binding proteins
• Action potential
• Activation energy
• Active site
• Active transport
• Adaptors
• Adenosine triphosphate *ATP*
• Adeherens junctions *zonulae adnerens*
• Aerobes
• Affinity chromatography
• Alleles
• Allosteric modulation
• Alpha helix
• Alpha particle
• Alternate splicing
• Amide bond
• Amino acids
• Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase
• Amphipathic
• Amphoteric
• Anabolic pathway
• Anaerobes
• Anaphase
• Anaphase A
• Anaphase B
• Angstrom
• Animal models
• Anion
• Antenna
• Antibody
• Antigen
• Antigen-presenting cells *APCSs*
• Antiserum
• Apoptosis
• Artifact
• Assay
• Aster
• ATP synthase
• Autoantibodies
• Autoimmune disorders
• Autophagy
• Autoradiography
• Autotroph

B

• B lymphocytes *b cells*
• Bacteriophages
• Base composition analysis
• Basement membrane *basal lamina*
• Benign tumor
• Beta particle
• Beta pleated sheet
• Beta strand
• Biochemicals
• Bivalent tetrad
• Bright-field microscope
• Buffers

C

• C3 pathway *Calvin cycle*
• C4 pathway *Hatch-Slack
• C4 plants
• Cadherins
• Calcium-binding proteins
• Calmodulin
• CAM plants
• Carbohydrates
• Catabolic pathway
• Cation
• Cell culture
• Cell cycle
• Cell division
• Cell fractionation
• Cell fusion
• Cell Plate
• Cell signaling
• Cell theory
• Cell wall
• Cellulose
• Centrioles
• Centrosome
• Chaperones
• Chaperonins
• Chemiosmosis
• Chemoautotroph
• Chiasmata
• Chlorophyll
• Chloroplast
• Cholesterol
• Chromatid
• Chromatin
• Chromatography
• Chromosomes
• Ciliary dynein
• Cis cisternae
• Cisternal space *luminal*
• Clonal culture
• Clonal selection theory
• Codons
• Coenzyme
• Cofactor
• Collagens
• Common intermediate
• Competitive inhibitor
• Complement
• Complementarity
• Conductance
• Confocal scanning microscope
• Conformation
• Conformational change
• Conjugate acid
• Conjugate base
• Connexon
• Conserved Sequences
• Constant regions
• Constitutive secretion
• Contact inhibition movement
• Contrast
• Cotransport
• Covalent bond
• Cristae
• Crossing over *genetic recombination*
• Cyanobacteria
• Cyclic photophosphorylation
• Cyclin-dependent kinases *Cdks*
• Cytochromes
• Cytokine
• Cytokinesis
• Cytoplasmic dynein
• Cytoskeleton
• Cytosolic space

More to come:

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