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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 ...
A cell lineage that can be maintained in culture. A cell line arises from a primary culture. It implies that cultures from it consist of several lineages of the cells originally present in the primary culture.
Industry:Biotechnology
A cell or cell line taken directly from a living organism, which is not immortalized.
Industry:Biotechnology
A cell or organism containing three times the haploid number of chromosomes.
Industry:Biotechnology
A cell or plasma membrane that is partially permeable; certain ions or molecules (water, solvents) can pass through it but others cannot (such as certain solutes).
Industry:Biotechnology
A cell-surface macromolecule that allows the immune system to distinguish foreign or "non-self" from "self". These are the antigens that must be matched between donors and recipients during organ and tissue transplants to prevent rejection.
Industry:Biotechnology
A cellular condition in which all copies of an organelle are genetically identical.
Industry:Biotechnology
A cellular condition in which two genetically different types of organelles are present.
Industry:Biotechnology
A cellulose or nylon membrane to which DNA fragments previously separated by gel electrophoresis have been transferred by capillary action. Named after Ed Southern.
Industry:Biotechnology
A cellulose or nylon membrane to which RNA molecules have been attached by capillary action. The transferred RNA is hybridized to single-stranded DNA probes. northern blot technique is often used to measure expression (transcription) of a gene for which a specific cDNA is available for use as a probe.
Industry:Biotechnology
