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Established in October 1945 with the objective of eliminating hunger and improving nutrition and standards of living by increasing agricultural productivity, FAO coordinates the efforts of governments and technical agencies in programs for developing agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and land and ...
A chain of nucleotides in which each nucleotide is linked by a single phospho-diester bond to the next nucleotide in the chain. They can be double- or single-stranded. The term is used to describe DNA or RNA.
Industry:Biotechnology
A change in DNA at a specific site in a chromosome. Includes nucleotide substitutions and the insertion or deletion of one or a few nucleotide pairs.
Industry:Biotechnology
A change in the gross structure of a chromosome, usually causing severely deleterious effects in the organism. They are often due to an error in pairing during the crossing-over stage of meiosis. The main types of chromosome mutation are translocation, duplication, deletion and inversion.
Industry:Biotechnology
A chemical bond holding amino acid sub-units together in proteins.
Industry:Biotechnology
A chemical bond that stabilizes the three-dimensional structure of proteins, and hence the protein's normal function. They form between cysteine residues in the same or different peptide molecules. a.k.a. di-sulphide bridge.
Industry:Biotechnology
A chemical capable of inserting between adjacent base pairs in a DNA molecule.
Industry:Biotechnology
A chemical compound that generally is not derived from living processes; compounds that do not contain carbon.
Industry:Biotechnology
A chemical compound that is not produced by living organisms; a manufactured chemical compound.
Industry:Biotechnology
A chemical compound within a cell that is responsible for initiating the response to a signal from a chemical messenger (such as a hormone) that cannot enter the target cell itself.
Industry:Biotechnology
