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60 relations: Acrylamide, Active site, Allele, Alloenzyme, Amino acid, Assay, Beta cell, Biochemistry, Chemical reaction, Clement Markert, Cofactor (biochemistry), Combination, Cytochrome P450, DNA, DNA sequencing, Douglas E. Soltis, Dye, Electric charge, Enzyme, Enzyme kinetics, Fitness (biology), Formazan, Gel electrophoresis, Gene, Gene duplication, Gene expression, Genetic drift, Glucokinase, Glucose 6-phosphate, Glycogen, Hexokinase, Homology (biology), Insulin, Lactate dehydrogenase, Liver, Locus (genetics), Mating system, Metabolism, Michaelis–Menten kinetics, Microsatellite, Molecular marker, Mutation, Natural selection, Neutral theory of molecular evolution, Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, Nucleic acid hybridization, Pamela S. Soltis, Pancreas, Phosphodiesterase, ... Expand index (10 more) »
Acrylamide
Acrylamide (or acrylic amide) is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH2.
Active site
In biology and biochemistry, the active site is the region of an enzyme where substrate molecules bind and undergo a chemical reaction. Isozyme and active site are enzymes.
Allele
An allele, or allelomorph, is a variant of the sequence of nucleotides at a particular location, or locus, on a DNA molecule.
Alloenzyme
Alloenzymes (or also called allozymes) are variant forms of an enzyme which differ structurally but not functionally from other allozymes coded for by different alleles at the same locus. Isozyme and Alloenzyme are enzymes.
Amino acid
Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups.
Assay
An assay is an investigative (analytic) procedure in laboratory medicine, mining, pharmacology, environmental biology and molecular biology for qualitatively assessing or quantitatively measuring the presence, amount, or functional activity of a target entity. Isozyme and assay are biochemistry.
Beta cell
Beta cells (β-cells) are specialized endocrine cells located within the pancreatic islets of Langerhans responsible for the production and release of insulin and amylin.
Biochemistry
Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms.
Chemical reaction
A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another.
See Isozyme and Chemical reaction
Clement Markert
Clement Lawrence Markert (April 11, 1917 – October 1, 1999) was an American biologist credited with the discovery of isozymes (different forms of enzymes that catalyze the same reaction).
See Isozyme and Clement Markert
Cofactor (biochemistry)
A cofactor is a non-protein chemical compound or metallic ion that is required for an enzyme's role as a catalyst (a catalyst is a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction). Isozyme and cofactor (biochemistry) are enzymes.
See Isozyme and Cofactor (biochemistry)
Combination
In mathematics, a combination is a selection of items from a set that has distinct members, such that the order of selection does not matter (unlike permutations).
Cytochrome P450
Cytochromes P450 (P450s or CYPs) are a superfamily of enzymes containing heme as a cofactor that mostly, but not exclusively, function as monooxygenases.
See Isozyme and Cytochrome P450
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.
See Isozyme and DNA
DNA sequencing
DNA sequencing is the process of determining the nucleic acid sequence – the order of nucleotides in DNA.
See Isozyme and DNA sequencing
Douglas E. Soltis
Douglas Soltis is a Distinguished Professor in the Laboratory of Molecular Systematics & Evolutionary Genetics (Soltis lab), Florida Museum of Natural History, and Department of Biology at the University of Florida.
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Dye
A dye is a colored substance that chemically bonds to the substrate to which it is being applied.
See Isozyme and Dye
Electric charge
Electric charge (symbol q, sometimes Q) is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field.
See Isozyme and Electric charge
Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. Isozyme and Enzyme are enzymes.
Enzyme kinetics
Enzyme kinetics is the study of the rates of enzyme-catalysed chemical reactions. Isozyme and enzyme kinetics are enzymes.
See Isozyme and Enzyme kinetics
Fitness (biology)
Fitness (often denoted w or ω in population genetics models) is a quantitative representation of individual reproductive success.
See Isozyme and Fitness (biology)
Formazan
The formazans are compounds of the general formula, formally derivatives of formazan, unknown in free form.
Gel electrophoresis
Gel electrophoresis is a method for separation and analysis of biomacromolecules (DNA, RNA, proteins, etc.) and their fragments, based on their size and charge.
See Isozyme and Gel electrophoresis
Gene
In biology, the word gene has two meanings.
See Isozyme and Gene
Gene duplication
Gene duplication (or chromosomal duplication or gene amplification) is a major mechanism through which new genetic material is generated during molecular evolution.
See Isozyme and Gene duplication
Gene expression
Gene expression is the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product that enables it to produce end products, proteins or non-coding RNA, and ultimately affect a phenotype. Isozyme and gene expression are biochemistry.
See Isozyme and Gene expression
Genetic drift
Genetic drift, also known as random genetic drift, allelic drift or the Wright effect, refers to random fluctuations in the frequency of an existing gene variant (allele) in a population.
Glucokinase
Glucokinase is an enzyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate.
Glucose 6-phosphate
Glucose 6-phosphate (G6P, sometimes called the Robison ester) is a glucose sugar phosphorylated at the hydroxy group on carbon 6.
See Isozyme and Glucose 6-phosphate
Glycogen
Glycogen is a multibranched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in animals, fungi, and bacteria.
Hexokinase
A hexokinase is an enzyme that irreversibly phosphorylates hexoses (six-carbon sugars), forming hexose phosphate.
Homology (biology)
In biology, homology is similarity due to shared ancestry between a pair of structures or genes in different taxa.
See Isozyme and Homology (biology)
Insulin
Insulin (from Latin insula, 'island') is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets encoded in humans by the insulin (INS) gene.
Lactate dehydrogenase
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH or LD) is an enzyme found in nearly all living cells.
See Isozyme and Lactate dehydrogenase
Liver
The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrate animals, which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of proteins and various other biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth.
Locus (genetics)
In genetics, a locus (loci) is a specific, fixed position on a chromosome where a particular gene or genetic marker is located.
See Isozyme and Locus (genetics)
Mating system
A mating system is a way in which a group is structured in relation to sexual behaviour.
Metabolism
Metabolism (from μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms. Isozyme and Metabolism are biochemistry.
Michaelis–Menten kinetics
In biochemistry, Michaelis–Menten kinetics, named after Leonor Michaelis and Maud Menten, is the simplest case of enzyme kinetics, applied to enzyme-catalysed reactions of one substrate and one product.
See Isozyme and Michaelis–Menten kinetics
Microsatellite
A microsatellite is a tract of repetitive DNA in which certain DNA motifs (ranging in length from one to six or more base pairs) are repeated, typically 5–50 times.
See Isozyme and Microsatellite
Molecular marker
In molecular biology and other fields, a molecular marker is a molecule, sampled from some source, that gives information about its source.
See Isozyme and Molecular marker
Mutation
In biology, a mutation is an alteration in the nucleic acid sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA.
Natural selection
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.
See Isozyme and Natural selection
Neutral theory of molecular evolution
The neutral theory of molecular evolution holds that most evolutionary changes occur at the molecular level, and most of the variation within and between species are due to random genetic drift of mutant alleles that are selectively neutral.
See Isozyme and Neutral theory of molecular evolution
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is a coenzyme central to metabolism.
See Isozyme and Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, abbreviated NADP or, in older notation, TPN (triphosphopyridine nucleotide), is a cofactor used in anabolic reactions, such as the Calvin cycle and lipid and nucleic acid syntheses, which require NADPH as a reducing agent ('hydrogen source').
See Isozyme and Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
Nucleic acid hybridization
In molecular biology, hybridization (or hybridisation) is a phenomenon in which single-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules anneal to complementary DNA or RNA.
See Isozyme and Nucleic acid hybridization
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela Soltis (born November 13, 1957) is an American botanist.
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Pancreas
The pancreas is an organ of the digestive system and endocrine system of vertebrates.
Phosphodiesterase
A phosphodiesterase (PDE) is an enzyme that breaks a phosphodiester bond.
See Isozyme and Phosphodiesterase
Point mutation
A point mutation is a genetic mutation where a single nucleotide base is changed, inserted or deleted from a DNA or RNA sequence of an organism's genome.
See Isozyme and Point mutation
Polyploidy
Polyploidy is a condition in which the cells of an organism have more than one pair of (homologous) chromosomes.
Population genetics
Population genetics is a subfield of genetics that deals with genetic differences within and among populations, and is a part of evolutionary biology.
See Isozyme and Population genetics
Potato starch
Potato starch is starch extracted from potatoes.
Precipitation (chemistry)
In an aqueous solution, precipitation is the "sedimentation of a solid material (a precipitate) from a liquid solution".
See Isozyme and Precipitation (chemistry)
Pseudogene
Pseudogenes are nonfunctional segments of DNA that resemble functional genes.
Redox
Redox (reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of the reactants change.
Single-nucleotide polymorphism
In genetics and bioinformatics, a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP; plural SNPs) is a germline substitution of a single nucleotide at a specific position in the genome.
See Isozyme and Single-nucleotide polymorphism
Steroid
A steroid is an organic compound with four fused rings (designated A, B, C, and D) arranged in a specific molecular configuration.
Substrate (chemistry)
In chemistry, the term substrate is highly context-dependent.
See Isozyme and Substrate (chemistry)
References
Also known as Isoenzymatic, Isoenzyme, Isoenzymes, Isozyme study, Isozymes.