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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 drug, hormone or transmitter substance that forms a complex with a receptor site that is capable of triggering an active response from a cell.
Industry:Biotechnology
A duplex DNA molecule with one or more internal single-stranded regions.
Industry:Biotechnology
A fairly recent development in plant culture, consisting of highly branched roots of a plant. A plant tissue is treated with a culture of the bacterium <i>Agrobacterium rhizogenes</i>, which transfers part of its own plasmid DNA to the cells of an infected plant. This alters the plant's metabolism, including alterations in hormone levels, which in turn cause the explant to grow highly branched roots from the sites of infection. The roots branch much more frequently than the usual root system of that plant, and are also covered with a mass of tiny root hairs. Their most significant feature is that they produce secondary metabolites at levels similar to those made in the original plant. Thus they can be used as replacement plants for making such compounds as food flavours or fragrances.
Industry:Biotechnology
A family of 300-bp sequences occurring nearly a million times in the human genome.
Industry:Biotechnology
A family of small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Industry:Biotechnology
A fermentation vessel, or bioreactor, in which the cells or micro-organisms are kept suspended in a tall cylinder by rising air, which is introduced at the base of the vessel.
Industry:Biotechnology
A fibrous protein that is the major constituent of the yellow elastic fibres of connective tissue.
Industry:Biotechnology
A filter paper or other substrate used as a wick and support structure for a plant tissue in culture when a liquid medium is used.
Industry:Biotechnology
A fluid, powder or other whitening (bleaching) or cleaning agent, usually with free chlorine ions. Commercial bleach contains calcium hypochlorite or sodium hypochlorite, and is a common disinfectant used for cleaning working surfaces, tools and plant materials in plant tissue culture and grafting.
Industry:Biotechnology
A fluorescent dye used to stain DNA and RNA. The dye fluoresces when exposed to UV light.
Industry:Biotechnology
