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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 purine derivative that is one of the major component bases of nucleotides and the nucleic acids, DNA and RNA.
Industry:Biotechnology
A pyrimidine base found in DNA. The other three organic bases - adenine, cytosine, and guanine - are found in both RNA and DNA; in RNA, thymine is replaced by uracil.
Industry:Biotechnology
A pyrimidine base found in RNA but not in DNA. In DNA, uracil is replaced by thymine.
Industry:Biotechnology
A quantum of light; the energy of a photon is proportional to its frequency; E = hv, where E is energy; h is Planck's constant, 6.62 × 10<sup>-27</sup> erg-second; and v is the frequency.
Industry:Biotechnology
A quinone which is one of a group of compounds involved in the transport of electrons in photosynthesis in chloroplasts.
Industry:Biotechnology
A random-type variation or a lack of steadiness. Due to genetic instability, cell lines lose certain characteristics or functions in culture.
Industry:Biotechnology
A reaction in which a molecule of water is added at the site of cleavage of a molecule to two products.
Industry:Biotechnology
A reactor in which a chemical conversion reaction is catalysed by an enzyme.
Industry:Biotechnology
