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41Polymerase chain reaction — PCR redirects here. For other uses, see PCR (disambiguation). A strip of eight PCR tubes, each containing a 100 μl reaction mixture The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a scientific technique in molecular biology to amplify a single or a… …
42Immunoglobulin light chain — Schematic diagram of an typical antibody showing two Ig heavy chains (blue) linked by disulfide bonds to two Ig light chains (green). The constant (C) and variable (V) domains are shown …
43Real-time polymerase chain reaction — In molecular biology, real time polymerase chain reaction, also called quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) or kinetic polymerase chain reaction, is a laboratory technique based on the polymerase chain reaction, which is used… …
44polymerase chain reaction — n. a technique in which a known DNA sequence is synthesized at high temperatures by means of a polymerase, producing millions of copies for statistical analysis: used in DNA fingerprinting, in detecting minute quantities of cancer cells, etc. * * …
45History of polymerase chain reaction — (This article assumes familiarity with the terms and components used in the PCR process.) The history of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (or PCR) has variously been described as a classic Eureka! moment [http://nobelprize.org/nobel… …
46open chain — noun a chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring • Ant: ↑closed chain • Hypernyms: ↑chain, ↑chemical chain • Hyponyms: ↑branched chain, ↑straight chain …
47Markoff chain — Markov chain Mark ov chain, n. [after A. A. Markov, Russian mathematician, b. 1856, d. 1922.] (Statistics) A random process (Markov process) in which the probabilities of discrete states in a series depend only on the properties of the… …
48Markov chain — Mark ov chain, n. [after A. A. Markov, Russian mathematician, b. 1856, d. 1922.] (Statistics) A random process (Markov process) in which the probabilities of discrete states in a series depend only on the properties of the immediately preceding… …
49Number of amino acids per protein molecule — ▪ Table Number of amino acids per protein molecule protein* amino acid Cyto Hb alpha Hb beta RNase Lys Chgen Fdox lysine 18 11 11 10 6 14 4 histidine 3 10 9 4 1 2 1 arginine 2 3 3 4 11 4 1 aspartic acid** 8 12 13 15 21 23 13 threonine 7 9 7 10 7… …
50Digital polymerase chain reaction — (digital PCR, DigitalPCR, dPCR, or dePCR) is a refinement of conventional polymerase chain reaction methods that can be used to directly quantify and clonally amplify nucleic acids including DNA, cDNA or RNA. The key difference between dPCR and… …
