Term
|
Definition
| the use of computational tools to acquire, analyze, store, and access DNA and protein sequences |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a bacterial chromosome region of foreign origin that contains clustered genes for some extra property such as virulence or symbiosis |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the relative proportions of different codons encoding the same amino acid; it varies in different organisms. same as codon usage |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| small solid-state supports to which genes or portions of genes are affixed and arrayed spatially in a known pattern |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| genes related in sequence to each other because of common evolutionary origin |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the total complement of genetic information of a cell or a virus |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the discipline that maps, sequences, analyzes, and compares genomes |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| genes related in sequence to an extent that implies common genetic ancestry; includes both orthologs and paralogs |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the transfer of genetic information between organisms as opposed to transfer from parent to offspring |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the enzyme that inserts cassettes into an integron |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a genetic element that collects and express genes carried by cassettes |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the total set of interactions between proteins - or other macromolecules- in an organism |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the total complement of small molecules and metabolic intermediates of a cell or organism |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the total complement of all the cells present in a particular environment |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the genomic analysis of pooled DNA or RNA from an environmental sample containing organisms that have not been isolated; same as environmental genomics |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| small, solid-state supports to which genes or portions of genes are affixed and arrayed spatially in a known pattern (also known as gene chips) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a sequence of DNA or RNA that could be translated to give a polypeptide |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a gene in one organism because of descent from a common ancestor |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a gene whose similarity to one or more other genes in the same organism is the result of gene duplication |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a bacterial chromosome region of foreign origin that contains clustered genes for virulence |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an oligonucleotide to which DNA polymerase attaches the first deoxyribonucleotide during DNA synthesis |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the total set of proteins encoded by a genome or the total protein complement of an organism |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the genome-wide study of the structure, function, and regulation of the proteins of an organism |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| changing the coding sequence of an RNA molecule by altering, adding, or removing bases |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| deducing the order of nucleotides in an DNA or RNA molecule by a series of chemical reactions |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| sequencing of DNA from previously cloned small fragments of a genome in random fashion, followed by computational methods to reconstruct the entire genome sequence |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the complement of all RNA produced in an organism under a specific set of conditions |
|
|
