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Inactivate

to destroy the biological activity or the effects of an agent or substance, as the activity of complement is destroyed when serum is heated.


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X chromosome inactivation

... also occurs in males, in Klinefelter syndrome (XXY), but what happens if the individual has an extra Y chromosome (XYY)? Does one Y chromosome inactivate?

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by kk
Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:38 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: X chromosome inactivation
Replies: 5
Views: 1321

Re: Red-Eyed tree Frog skin can inhibit HIV virus

This is silly - soap will inactivate the virus quite well. Let's hope these selfpromotional folks' 15 minutes of BS about tree frogs is over.

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by JorgeLobo
Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:41 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Red-Eyed tree Frog skin can inhibit HIV virus
Replies: 3
Views: 979

HIV Exposure to air

It doesn't matter whether you think viruses are alive or not, the mechanisms that inactivate them are the same that apply to inactivation of many biomolecules in general. In a nutshell, many viruses "die" in air because it is not their physiological environment. ...

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by biohazard
Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:14 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: HIV Exposure to air
Replies: 6
Views: 2656

Re: splicing MO vs translation MO

... to see if there is an in-frame stop codon -- if there is an in-frame stop codon then you can be more confident that insertion of the intron will inactivate the protein's activity. Let me know how I can help. - Jon (from Gene Tools)

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by jonmoulton
Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:19 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: splicing MO vs translation MO
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IBO 2003 questions- please help me out

... and energy? А. lacI −. B. lacZ −. C. lacy −. D. lacZ − lacy −. E. lacI − lacZ −. The answer is A: PG is not an inductor, so it will not be able to inactivate the repressor. Therefore, only a bacterium that lacks a repressor can live in such a medium. E is obviously wrong, as it needs to have the ...

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by MrMistery
Tue May 13, 2008 6:16 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: IBO 2003 questions- please help me out
Replies: 9
Views: 1557
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