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==Vocabulary List==
==Vocabulary List==
*epitope
*epitope: A localized region on the surface of an antigen that is capable of eliciting an immune response and of combining with a specific antibody to counter that response.
*GFP
*GFP:
*HIS-tag
*HIS-tag
*promoter
*promoter: a gene sequence that activates transcription
*peptide
*peptide: a compound containing two or more amino acids in which the carboxyl group of one acid is linked to the amino group of the othe
*RBS
*RBS
*TEV (protease cleavage site)
*TEV (protease cleavage site)
*Western Blot
*Western Blot

Revision as of 13:21, 18 June 2008

Vocabulary List

  • epitope: A localized region on the surface of an antigen that is capable of eliciting an immune response and of combining with a specific antibody to counter that response.
  • GFP:
  • HIS-tag
  • promoter: a gene sequence that activates transcription
  • peptide: a compound containing two or more amino acids in which the carboxyl group of one acid is linked to the amino group of the othe
  • RBS
  • TEV (protease cleavage site)
  • Western Blot