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<div class="letter-heading"><h1>B</h1></div> | <div class="letter-heading"><h1>B</h1></div> | ||
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| − | <h1></h1> | + | <h1>Burkholderia cenocepacia (B. cenocepacia)</h1> |
| − | <p></p> | + | <p>A species of bacteria commonly found in the environment. For the purposes of our project, we used a mutant strain that is deficient in siderophore uptake, but not siderophore production, in order to overproduce siderophores</p> |
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<a name="C"></a> | <a name="C"></a> | ||
<div class="letter-heading"><h1>C</h1></div> | <div class="letter-heading"><h1>C</h1></div> | ||
<div class="definition"> | <div class="definition"> | ||
| − | <h1></h1> | + | <h1>Capillary action</h1> |
| − | <p></p> | + | <p>The way in which liquid will travel up a narrow tube or an absorbent material such as paper due to its surface tension</p> |
| − | <h1></h1> | + | <h1>Capillary stop valve</h1> |
| − | <p></p> | + | <p>A particular microfluidics design where fluid is prevented from flowing into a bigger channel due to its surface tension until another fluid flows past the bigger channel</p> |
| − | <h1></h1> | + | <h1>Chelator</h1> |
| − | <p></p> | + | <p>A chemical species that binds with high affinity to metal ions (in this case iron)</p> |
| − | <h1></h1> | + | <h1>Computer Aided Design (CAD)</h1> |
| − | <p></p> | + | <p>Refers to the general activity and end product of designing components through a digital medium</p> |
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<a name="D"></a> | <a name="D"></a> | ||
<div class="letter-heading"><h1>D</h1></div> | <div class="letter-heading"><h1>D</h1></div> | ||
<div class="definition"> | <div class="definition"> | ||
| − | <h1></h1> | + | <h1>Dcr-Hr</h1> |
| − | <p></p> | + | <p>Bacterial hemerythrin domain originating from Desulphovibrio vulgaris |
| − | <h1></h1> | + | </p> |
| − | <p></p> | + | <h1>Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)</h1> |
| − | <h1></h1> | + | <p>The molecule used for information storage in all known living organisms |
| − | <p></p> | + | </p> |
| − | <h1></h1> | + | <h1>Diffusion</h1> |
| − | <p></p> | + | <p>The movement of particles from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration</p> |
| − | <h1></h1> | + | <h1>Dimer</h1> |
| − | <p></p> | + | <p>A macromolecule that consists of 2 identical molecules. E.g. the Fur protein exists in the E. coli cell as a dimer with 2 identical Fur subunits</p> |
| − | <h1></h1> | + | <h1>Dissociation constant</h1> |
| − | <p></p> | + | <p>The ratio of the equilibrium concentrations of unbound ligands to their bound complexes</p> |
| + | <h1>Downregulate</h1> | ||
| + | <p>A regulatory process wherein the cell to reduces the concentration of a certain cellular component</p> | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
<a name="E"></a> | <a name="E"></a> | ||
<div class="letter-heading"><h1>E</h1></div> | <div class="letter-heading"><h1>E</h1></div> | ||
<div class="definition"> | <div class="definition"> | ||
| − | <h1></h1> | + | <h1>EDTA</h1> |
| − | <p></p> | + | <p>A type of chelator that binds to iron</p> |
| − | <h1></h1> | + | <h1>entC</h1> |
| − | <p></p> | + | <p>A gene encoding for a protein involved in enterobactin synthesis pathway</p> |
| − | <h1></h1> | + | <h1>Enterobactin</h1> |
| − | <p></p> | + | <p>A specific type of siderophore which is produced by E. coli</p> |
| + | <h1>Escherichia coli (E. coli)</h1> | ||
| + | <p>A species of bacteria commonly used in molecular biology as a model organism</p> | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
<a name="F"></a> | <a name="F"></a> | ||
Revision as of 09:58, 13 October 2016
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A
Aerobic Conditions
An environment that has free diatomic oxygen (O2)
Agarose gel electrophoresis
A technique used for separating DNA fragments according to their size by driving the molecules through a gel with an electric field.
Anaerobic Conditions
An environment that does not have free diatomic oxygen (O2)
Antibiotic Resistance
The ability of a bacterial strain to resist treatment with antibiotics
Antibiotics
Chemicals used to treat and prevent bacterial infection, by killing or limiting the growth of bacteria
Antibodies
Proteins produced by the immune system that specifically bind to certain antigens
Antigen
A foreign molecule that induces an immune response
B
Burkholderia cenocepacia (B. cenocepacia)
A species of bacteria commonly found in the environment. For the purposes of our project, we used a mutant strain that is deficient in siderophore uptake, but not siderophore production, in order to overproduce siderophores
C
Capillary action
The way in which liquid will travel up a narrow tube or an absorbent material such as paper due to its surface tension
Capillary stop valve
A particular microfluidics design where fluid is prevented from flowing into a bigger channel due to its surface tension until another fluid flows past the bigger channel
Chelator
A chemical species that binds with high affinity to metal ions (in this case iron)
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Refers to the general activity and end product of designing components through a digital medium
D
Dcr-Hr
Bacterial hemerythrin domain originating from Desulphovibrio vulgaris
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
The molecule used for information storage in all known living organisms
Diffusion
The movement of particles from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration
Dimer
A macromolecule that consists of 2 identical molecules. E.g. the Fur protein exists in the E. coli cell as a dimer with 2 identical Fur subunits
Dissociation constant
The ratio of the equilibrium concentrations of unbound ligands to their bound complexes
Downregulate
A regulatory process wherein the cell to reduces the concentration of a certain cellular component
E
EDTA
A type of chelator that binds to iron
entC
A gene encoding for a protein involved in enterobactin synthesis pathway
Enterobactin
A specific type of siderophore which is produced by E. coli
Escherichia coli (E. coli)
A species of bacteria commonly used in molecular biology as a model organism
