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anchoring protein

(see scaffold protein)

androgen

A compound, usually a steroid, that supports the development of male secondary sex characteristics, e.g. testosterone.

anergy

In cell biology, inactivation; e.g. clonal anergy, the inactivation of a lymphocyte, as opposed to clonal proliferation or clonal deletion. Koshland, D.E., Jr. (1990) Science 248, 1273

aneuploidy

(see euploidy)

anhydro-

A prefix signifying a product of the removal of the elements of water.

anion

A ion attracted to the anode of an electrolytic cell, which being positively charged, attracts anions, which are, therefore, negatively charged. Similarly, a cation, which is attracted to the negatively charged cathode, is positively charged.

anion exchanger

(see ion-exchange chromatography)

anisotropic

Descriptive of a physical property that varies with the angle of observation. (see also isotropic)

anisotropy

A measure of the mobility of a fluorophore: A=(I-I)/(I+2I), where I is the intensity of emission and and indicate polarization parallel and perpendicular respectively to the exciting light. A mobile fluorophore is able to reorientate itself within its fluorescence lifetime and therefore emits unpolarized light; an immobile fluorophore does not reorientate itself, and hence it emits light polarized in the plane of the excited light. (see also polarization) Learn more about genetic code table.

annealing (hybridization)

The time- and temperature-dependent process by which two complementary single-stranded polynucleotides associate to form a double helix.

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