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Molecular mass

molecular mass

The molecular mass of a substance (less accurately called molecular weight and abbreviated as MW) is the mass of one molecule of that substance, relative to the unified atomic mass unit u (equal to 1/12 the mass of one atom of carbon-12).


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definition for the word/verb pellet

In cell/molecular biology, the noun 'pellet' means a solid and visible mass of molecules or particles (such as proteins, nucleic acids or cells), which is typically obtained from a liquid ...

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by biohazard
Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:36 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: definition for the word/verb pellet
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Natural selection is proven wrong

... the work of David Heiserman who is quoted to better define things and U-Mass Professor Arnold Trehub's university level book "The Cognitive ... theory. That right there explains what would have been going on at the molecular level of the genome that predicts such curves, exactly. Saying ...

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by GaryGaulin
Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:39 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Re: Calculating the number of plasmid molecules

... the right answer for the wrong reason, and you haven't determined the mass, you've determined the molecular weight in gm/mole of the 3000 bp plasmid. You've been gven the molecular weight of ...

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by blcr11
Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:52 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Calculating the number of plasmid molecules
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Views: 405

SDS-PAGE

... sample 4-our purified GST-RAP protein sample and we also loaded a molecular mass protein ladder. in our book we have a picture of a ladder starting from 10kD up till 250kD ...

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by biology_06er
Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:58 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: SDS-PAGE
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Views: 750

Re: Role of animals in the ecosystem

... I'm going to assume you mean all animals. -First of all you have mass starvation(rice can only sustain a race for so long), -Bacteria(Kingdom:Monera) ... only a guess. P.S I would definitely like to hear from someone studying molecular biology on the issue of amino acids and essential fats etc. ...

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by futurezoologist
Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:27 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Role of animals in the ecosystem
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