Category: L

Lipid A is the biologically active component of lipopolysaccharides. It shows strong endotoxic activity and exhibits immunogenic properties.  

A general term for fats and oils. A family of compounds that are soluble in organic solvents but not in water. Fatty acids, including natural oils, waxes, and steroids. A general term for fats and oils (chemically triacylglycerols), waxes, phospholipids, steroids, and terpenes. Their common property is insolubility in water and solubility in hydrocarbons, chloroform,…

The tendency of two or more genes in the same chromosome to remain together from one generation to the next more frequently than expected according to the law of independent assortment. A phenomenon discovered by Thomas Hunt Morgan in the early 1900s via his experiments with fruit flies. This term describes the tendency of genes…

A RNA simulation method developed by the MIT. In general a molecule or ion that can bind to (interact with) a protein molecule. For example, a pharmaceutical that binds to a receptor protein molecule on the surface of a cell may be called a ligand.  

The successive stages through which an organism passes from fertilized ovum or spore to the fertilized ovum or spore of the next generation. The artificial segments of the life span. Each segment represents a developmental period: birth, maturity, aging, and dying. All of the developmental history of an organism, whether in a free living condition…

Services offered to the library user. They include reference and circulation.  

White blood cells. These include granular leukocytes (basophils, eosinophils, and neutrophils) as well as non-granular leukocytes (lymphocytes and monocytes). White blood cells that protect the body from infectious diseases and provide immunity. A diverse family of nucleated cells that has many immunological functions. Any of the white cellular components of blood or lymph. The white…

An essential branched-chain amino acid important for hemoglobin formation. Rarely limiting in foods; one of the branched-chain amino acids. A monocarboxylic essential amino acid. Leucine is a branched-chain, essential amino acid. It is needed for COOH synthesis of proteins and can be used for energy production within the muscle 2 cell as well. Metabolism of…

Deadly, fatal. Killing or able to kill.  

A complex molecule that has both protein and sugars. Lectins are able to bind to the outside of a cell and cause biochemical changes in it. Lectins are made by both animals and plants. One of several plant proteins that stimulate lymphocytes to proliferate. Phytohemagglutinin and concanavalin A are lectins.