- Industry: Agriculture
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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 ...
RNA molecule that can catalyse chemical reactions, often cutting other RNAs.
Industry:Biotechnology
RNA molecule that can catalyse chemical reactions, often cutting other RNAs.
Industry:Biotechnology
Room for maintaining cultures and often in a controlled environment of light, temperature and humidity. <i>cf</i> growth cabinet; incubator.
Industry:Biotechnology
Root system in which both primary and lateral roots have approximately equal diameters. Opposite is <i>tap root.</i>
Industry:Biotechnology
Root system in which the primary root has a much larger diameter than the lateral roots. Opposite: fibrous root.
Industry:Biotechnology
Rotating apparatus with a platform on which, containers can be shaken, such as Erlenmeyer flasks containing cells in liquid nutrient medium.
Industry:Biotechnology
Selection of a clone from a large number of essentially random starting points, rather than isolating a natural gene or making a carefully designed artificial one. Molecules which are more similar to those needed are selected, mutated to generate new variants, and re-selected. The cycle proceeds until the required molecule is found. The advantage of the system is that the selection is from a vast number of possibilities.
Industry:Biotechnology
Selection of cells via a gene encoding a product that enables only the cells that carry the gene to grow under particular conditions. For example, plant and animal cells that express the introduced Neo<sup>r</sup> gene are resistant to the compound G418, while cells that do not carry the Neo<sup>r</sup> gene are killed by G418. a.k.a. positive selection; <i>see also</i> positive selectable marker.
Industry:Biotechnology
Selection of individuals that do not possess a certain character. A method by which growing cells that do not carry a DNA insert integrated at a specific chromosomal location are selected.
Industry:Biotechnology
