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Double Strand DNA Degradation Research
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Biology
Graduate
07/12/2011

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annealing
Definition
recombination of DNA
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helicases
Definition
a class of enzymes vital to all living organisms. motor proteins that separate annealed DNA
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topoisomerases
Definition
enzymes involved in DNA structure such as during replication and protein synthesis. Are especially involved in the unwinding of DNA. topology=structure
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assay
Definition
a test to determine the biochemical or immunological activity of a sample
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exonucleases
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usually specific enxymes that cleave DNA nucleotides from a strand one at a time
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somatic cells
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any cell that's not a reproductive cell (a germs cell). have 2 copies of DNA in each cell
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degron
Definition
the sequence of amino acids in a protein that directs the starting place of degradation
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epitope
Definition
the part of an antigen that the antibody binds to
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