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A
acid soluble spore protein
acridine orange
adaptor
address
adduct
adenovirus early proteins
a-factor
affinity tag
a-form DNA
agroinfection
alarmone
A layer
alpha helix
alternative splicing
alu elements
amber codon
amber mutation
amber suppressor
ambiguous codon
ambisense expression strategy
amidation site
aminoacyl-tRNA
amorphic allele
amphotropic packaging cell lines
amplicon
amplification
ANK repeat
ankyrin repeat
antibody technology
anticodon
antioncogene
antisense
antisense DNA
antisense RNA
antisense strand
antitermination
antitermination factor
apple domain
aptamer
apurinic DNA
apurinic site
apyrimidinic site
arrayed library
AT content
at/gc ratio
attachment sites
attenuator
ATT site
autogenous control
autonomously replicating sequence
autoregulation
avidin
B
back mutation
bacterial conjugation
bacterial transposition
bacteriocinogen
bacteriocins
bam island
base pair
base pairing
base sequence
base sequence analysis
base substitution
bDNA
Berk Sharp technique
beta-DNA
bglii
bicoid
big brain
binding
biolistics
biological containment
biotechnology
biotherapy
bithorax complex
blotting
blue white colour selection
blunt-end DNA
bobbed
box
BP
branch migration
BRCA1
BUdR
Bunyaviridae
C
CAAT box
Cairns mechanism
CAP
cap binding protein
cassette
cassette mechanism
catabolite gene activator protein
catabolite repression
catenate
C banding
CCAAT box
cdc gene
cell adhesion molecule
cell cycle
cell cycle restriction point
cell division cycle gene
cell division cycle mutant
cell-free system
cell hybridization
cellular oncogene
CENP antigens
central dogma
centromeric sequence
chimeraplast
chimeric DNA
chi sequence
chi site
chi structure
chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene
chloroplast DNA
circular DNA
cis acting
cis activation
cis configuration
cis dominance
cis trans test
cistron
clastogenesis
cloning
cloning vector
codon
coincidental evolution
cointegrate
col e1
colinear
colony hybridisation
compatibility group
competition hybridisation
complementary base pairing
complementary base pairs
complementary DNA
complementary DNA cloning
complementary DNA library
complementary sequence
complementary strands
complexity
composite transposon
concatamer
concatener
c-oncogene
conditional mutation
conservative replication
conserved sequence
contigs
contiguous map
cosmid
cosmid map
cos site
cotransduction
cotranslational transfer
covalently closed circular DNA
CpG island
cpg-rich island
cross-hybridisation
crossing over
cross linking
crossover fixation
c strand
CT value
C type virus
C value
C value paradox
cyclic AMP
cyclic GMP
cytoplasmic gene
D
d4dr gene
dam gene
decorin
degeneracy
degenerate code
deletion mutation
deoxyribonucleic acid
depletion method
depurination
derepression
D gene segment
disulphide bond
d loop
DNA
DNAa gene
DNA amplification
DNA annealing
DNAb gene
DNA binding protein
DNA diagnosis
DNA-driven reaction
DNA duplex
DNAe gene
DNA excision
DNAf gene
DNA filter assay
DNA fingerprint
DNA fingerprinting
DNA footprinting
DNA gene
DNAg gene
DNA glycosylase
DNA gyrase
DNA helicase
DNAh gene
DNA homology
DNAi gene
DNA iteron
DNAj gene
DNAk gene
DNAl gene
DNA ligase
DNA ligation
DNA melting
DNA methylation
DNA modification
DNA photolyase
DNA polymerase
DNA polymerisation
DNA probe
DNA-protein interaction
DNA puff
DNAq gene
DNA rearrangement
DNA repair
DNA replication
DNA-RNA hybridisation
DNAse footprinting
DNAse I hypersensitivity site
DNAse I sensitivity
DNA sequence
DNA sequence analysis
DNA sequencing
DNA shearing
DNA supercoiling
DNA synthesis
DNA synthesiser
DNAt gene
DNA topoisomerase
DNA transfection
DNA twisting
DNA unwinding protein
DNA virus
DNA writhing
domain
dominant oncogene
donor splice junction
dot blot
double crossover
double digestion
double helix
double minute
double minute chromosomes
double-stranded complimentary DNA
down promoter mutation
downstream
dpc4
dyad symmetry of DNA
E
early gene
early region
ecori methylase
ecori restriction enzyme
electroblotting
engrailed
enhancer element
enhancer sequence
enhancer trap
env
env gene
env glycoprotein
episome
epitope library
error-prone repair
erythroid transcription factor
ethidium bromide
european molecular biology lab gene bank
excision repair
exit domain
exogenote
exogenous DNA
exon
exon shuffling
exon trapping
exon trapping vincent van buren
exonuclear gene
exonuclease
Expressed Sequence Tag
expression
expression cloning
expression library
expression-linked copy
expression system
expression vector
F
fast component
F-factor
figure eight
filaggrin
filamentous bacteriophage
flanking region
flanking sequence
fluorescence in situ hybridization
flush end
foldback DNA
footprinting
formins
fos-related antigen
frameshift
frameshift mutagen
frameshift mutation
ftsZ
fushi tarazu gene
fusion gene
fyn
G
g1 phase
g2 phase
gag protein
gap
gap gene
gap mutant
gCAP39
GC box
GC content
G+C ratio
gel electrophoresis
gel filtration
gene
gene amplification
gene cloning
gene conversion
gene dosage
gene duplication
gene expression
gene family
gene library
gene regulatory protein
gene supression
gene switch
gene synthesis
gene therapy
genetic block
genetic code
genetic colonisation
genetic distance
genetic engineering
genetic recombination
genetic transformation
gene transfer
genome
genome project
genomic DNA
genomic formula
genomic imprinting
genomic library
globin gene
globular protein
g loop
gooseberry
GPI anchor
G-protein
Gramicidin A
gratuitous inducer
GTPase activating protein
GTP-binding protein
guanine
guanosine
guide RNA
H
half register
hapten
hck
heat-shock gene
heat-shock protein
helix
helix-coil transition
helix destabilising protein
helix loop helix
helix turn helix
hemimethylated DNA
heptad repeat
hershey-chase experiment
heteroduplex
heteroduplex DNA
heteroduplex mapping
heterogenous nuclear RNA
heterologous
hexon
highly repetitive DNA
Hind II
Hind III
hinge region
hirt extraction
his operon
histone
histotope
hnRNA
Holliday junction
homeobox
homeotic gene
homeotic mutant
homeotic selector gene
homogeneously staining region
homologous chromosomes
homologous proteins
homologous recombination
hot spot
housekeeping gene
housekeeping protein
hox gene
hsp70
hsp90
h strand
human gene therapy
human genome initiative
human genome project
huntingtin
HuP gene
hybrid-arrested translation
hybrid cell
hybrid DNA
hybridisation
hybridisation stringency
hybrid molecule
hybrid plasmid
hydrophilic signaling molecule
hypermorph
hypermutable phenotype
hypersensitive site
hypostatic
I
immortalising oncogene
immune-response gene
inducer
in situ hybridisation
in situ hybridization
integration
integrator gene
intergenic region
intervening sequence
intragenic suppression
intron
isoacceptor tRNA
isochore
isoschisomer
isoschizomer
ITO method
J
J chain
J gene
joining segment
J region
jumping gene
K
kazal proteins
killer plasmid
kilobase
kinase
kinectin
kinesin
kistrin
KKIALRE kinase
Klenow fragment
knockout
kringle
L
La protein
late gene
lck
leader sequence
lethal mutation
leucine zipper
ligase
ligase amplification reaction
localise
long-terminal repeat
lyn
M
macrorestriction map
mammalian expression vector
marker gene
marker locus
maternal mRNA
Maxim-Gilbert sequencing
megabase
megabase cloning
metabolic cooperation
metagon
microsatellite
microsequencing
minicell
minichromosome
minus-strand nucleic acid
minute mutant
mismatch repair
missense
missense mutation
mitotic index
mitotic recombination
modification enzyme
molecular clock
molecular cloning
Moloney murine leukaemia virus
Moloney murine sarcoma virus
monocentric chromosome
monocistronic RNA
monoclonal antibody
monokine
monosome
motif
mRNA
mutagenic
myc proteins
myd
myf 5
myoD
myogenin
N
nick
nicked circle
nicking
nick translation
nif gene
noncoding DNA
nondisjunction
nonhistone chromosomal protein
nonsense codon
nonsense mutation
Northern blot
Notch
Nuclear actin binding protein
nuclear RNA
nuclear run off assay
nucleation
nucleic acid
nucleocytoplasmic transport
nucleolar organiser
nucleoskeletal DNA
O
Okazaki fragment
oncogene
oncomodulin
oocyte expression
opal codon
opal mutation
opal suppressor
open reading frame
operator
operon
opine
origin of replication
outron
overlapping gene
overlapping reading frame
P
p53
packaging
paired box domain
pair rule gene
palindrome
palindromic sequence
PAS gene
pasin
Pax gene
P element
permissive temperature
petite mutant
phagemid
phalloidin
phasing of nucleosomes
phi X 174
photoreactivation
physical map
plasmagene
plasmid
point mutation
polar mutation
pol gene
polyadenylic acid
poly A tail
polycistronic mRNA
polylinker
polymerase chain reaction
polynucleotide
polyuridylic acid
POU domain
pp60
primary transcript
primosome
probe
programmed cell death
promoter
promoter insertion
pronucleus
proto-oncogene
pseudogene
pseudouridine
P site
Pu box
puffs
purine
Q
q beta phage
R
rab gene
rac
radixin
raf
random amplification of polymorphic DNA
Rb
rDNA
readthrough
recessive oncogene
recombinant
recombinant clone
recombinant DNA
recombination
recombination nodule
recon
regulatory region
regulatory sequence
regulon
relaxed DNA
renaturation
renature
repair enzyme
repair nuclease
repetitive DNA
replication
replicative intermediate
replicon
replisome
reporter gene
repressor protein
resistance factor
restriction endonuclease
restriction enzyme cutting site
restriction fragment
restriction fragment length polymorphism
restriction map
retinoblastoma protein
retinol-binding protein
retrotransposon
retroviral vector
rev
reverse transcriptase md
reverse transcription
reversion
rho gene
ribonuclease
ribozyme
R loop
RNA
RNA editing
RNA life
RNA plasmid
RNA polymerase
RNA primase
RNA primer
RNA processing
RNA splicing
RNA splicing pattern
Robertsonian translocation
rolling circle mechanism
R plasmid
S
satellite DNA
satellite RNA
secondary structure
second messenger
secretion vector
segmentation gene
segment polarity gene
selectable marker
selector gene
self cloning
selfish DNA
self splicing
sem 5
semiconservative replication
sense strand
sequence homology
sequence-tagged site
sequence-tagged site map
sequencing
sexduction
S gene complex
SH domains
short interspersed elements
shuttle vector
simulated annealing
single stranded DNA
site-directed mutagenesis
site-specific mutagenesis
site-specific recombination
snRNP
SOS system
spacer DNA
spliceosome
splicing
src
S region
S ring
ssDNA phage
stem and loop structure
stress induced protein
stringency
stringent plasmid
supercoiled plasmid
supercoiling
supergene
suppressor mutation
supressor gene
switch region
synkaryon
syntenic gene
T
tandem repeat
tandem repeat sequence
T antigen
Taq polymerase
TATA box
Tat protein
telomerase
telopeptide
temperature sensitive mutation
template
termination
termination codon
termination factor
termination region
terminator
thymine dimer
timeless
Ti plasmid
TLa complex
T loop of RNA
transactivation
transcapsidation
transcription
transcriptional control
transcriptional silencing
transcription factor
transcription unit
transduction
transfection
transfer DNA
transforming gene
transforming oncogene
transforming virus
transgenic
transgenic organism
transition protein
translational control
transpeptidation
transposition
transposon
transposon mutagenesis
trans-splicing
transversions
trinucleotide repeat
triple DNA
triploid
trisomy
trisomy 21
tumour antigen
tumour promoter
tumour suppressor
U
u1RNA
ui RNA
unbalanced translocation
unc 6
uncoating
unineme hypothesis
unique DNA
unscheduled DNA synthesis
unstable mutation
untranscribed spacer
untranslated region
up mutation
U protein
upstream
uteroglobin
V
vaccinia virus
vasa
vector
ventral nervous system defective
viral oncogene
viral vector
virino
virogene
virusoid
v onc
V region
W
walking
Western blotting
whole-arm fusion
wingless
W locus
wobble hypothesis
writhing number
X
Xenopus
Y
yeast artificial chromosome
yeast vectors
Z
Z-DNA
zeatin
zinc finger