Biotechnology Acronyms
editIn modern biotechnology, abbreviations, anacronyms and jargon are created daily. [1] [2] [3] Many lists of abbreviations are started but not updated. Here are some samples of common acronyms (and anacronyms). Please update them as appropriate:
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editBamHI: (from Bacillus amyloli) is a type II restriction endonuclease, having the capacity for recognizing short sequences (6 b.p.) of DNA and specifically cleaving them at a target site.
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edit- Davidson's AFA: Davidson's Alcohol Formalin Acetic acid Fixative (a solution for fixing of proteins, DNA, etc. for study)
- DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid
- Indented lineB-DNA: B-type DNA (relates to chemical structure)
- Indented linecDNA: Complimentary DNA (DNA that is synthesized from mRNA)
- Indented lineZ-DNA: Z-type DNA (relates to chemical structure)
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editFISH: Fluorescence in situ hybridization
FBLD/FBDD: Fragment-based lead discovery/Fragment-based drug discovery
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editGPCR Structure: Graphical Pipeline for Computational Genomics
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edit- NBF: neutral buffered formalin (a solution for fixing of proteins, DNA, etc. for study)
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editmRNA: messenger ribonucleic acid hnRNA: heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleic acid pre-mRNA: precursor messenger ribonucleic acid RNA-seq: ribonucleic acid sequencing
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edit- ^ Argosbiotech Dictionary of Biotech Abbreviations
- ^ A Tennis Ball with a wig, Blog of the UC Davis BMCDB Graduate Group at UC Davis, posted June 2011 (accessed on March 22, 2013
- ^ Dyer Scientific and Technical Translations, accessed on March 22, 2013
- ^ [1], Pollack A. May 31, 2012. In print on June 1, 2012, on page B1 of the New York edition with the headline: A One-Two Punch.