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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 ...
One of two or more forms of an element that have the same number of protons (atomic number) but differing numbers of neutrons (mass numbers). Radioactive isotopes are commonly used to make DNA probes and metabolic tracers.
Industry:Biotechnology
One of two sites on ribosomes to which the incoming aminoacyl tRNA binds.
Industry:Biotechnology
One of two sites on ribosomes to which the incoming aminoacyl tRNA binds.
Industry:Biotechnology
One or more immunogenic proteins either purified from the disease-causing organism or produced from a cloned gene. A vaccine composed of a purified antigenic determinant that is separated from the virulent organism. <i>cf</i> vaccine; enzyme.
Industry:Biotechnology
One step in the chain of reactions that take place in an organism and dictate the composition of that organism.
Industry:Biotechnology
One-egg or identical twins; twins derived from the splitting of a single fertilized ovum.
Industry:Biotechnology
Operation room for performing inoculations under aseptic conditions; usually now replaced by use of laminar air-flow cabinets, in which filtered air is blown from the inside to the outside.
Industry:Biotechnology
Organ formation on callus tissues derived from explants.
Industry:Biotechnology
Organelles responsible for the removal of introns from mRNA by means of splicing (q.v.).
Industry:Biotechnology
