- Industry: Agriculture
- Number of terms: 87409
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
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 ...
1. In botany, a common name for a plant embryo.
2. Colloquial: A disease-causing micro-organism.
Industry:Biotechnology
1. In molecular biology, the stretch of DNA base pairs that lie in the 5´ direction from the site of initiation of transcription. Usually the first transcribed base is designated +1 and the upstream nucleotides are marked with minus signs, e.g., -1, -10. Also, to the 5´ side of a particular gene or sequence of nucleotides.
2. In chemical engineering, those phases of a manufacturing process that precede the biotransformation step. Refers to the preparation of raw materials for a fermentation process. Also called upstream processing.
Industry:Biotechnology
1. In molecular biology, the stretch of nucleotides of DNA that lie in the 3´ direction from the site of initiation of transcription, which is designated as +1 (remembering the convention that the sequence of a DNA molecule is written from the 5´ end to the 3´ end). Downstream nucleotides are marked with plus signs, e.g<i>.</i>, +2, +10. Also, to the 3´ side of a particular gene or sequence of nucleotides.
2. In chemical engineering, those phases of a manufacturing process that follow the biotransformation stage. Usually refers to the recovery and purification of the product of a fermentation process.
Industry:Biotechnology
1. In statistics: the difference between an actual observation and the mean of all observations.
2. An alteration from the typical form, function or behaviour. Mutation or stress are the common reasons behind deviation.
Industry:Biotechnology
1. Interbreeding of species, races, varieties and so on, among plants or animals; a process of forming a hybrid by cross pollination of plants or by mating animals of different types.
2. The production of offspring of genetically different parents, normally from sexual reproduction, but also asexually by the fusion of protoplasts or by transformation.
3. The pairing of two polynucleotide strands, often from different sources, by hydrogen bonding between complementary nucleotides.
Industry:Biotechnology
1. Located at the base of a plant or a plant organ.
2. A fundamental formulation of a tissue culture medium.
Industry:Biotechnology
1. Media used to induce the formation of organs or other structures.
2. Media causing variation or mutation in the tissues exposed to it.
Industry:Biotechnology
1. Medium or object with no perceptible or viable micro-organisms.
2. Incapable of fertilizing or being infertile.
Industry:Biotechnology
1. Natural acquisition of antibodies by the foetus or neonate (newborn) from the mother.
2. The artificial introduction of specific antibodies by the injection of serum from an immune animal.
In both cases, temporary protection is conferred on the recipient.
Industry:Biotechnology
