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primary

principal, primus, the first, first in order or in time of development, principal.

Origin: L. Primarius


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... size but the number of amino acids may present can be calculated.! ;) errrr, no, although one can use software to predict each genes amino acid primary sequence, this can be done from a cDNA clone quite accurately (not completely so), it is one of the most difficult problems in biology to predict ...

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by merv
Mon Oct 03, 2011 12:06 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: can protein size be predicted given genome info?
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Re: Protein structure

... you are correct. Not sure what you don't understand. the first explanation also is correct. If it helps, I understand it as follows: 1 The primary structure gives no information on folding; it is order of the linked amino acids come out of the machine (ribosome). 2 the secondary structure ...

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by merv
Sun Oct 02, 2011 3:29 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Protein structure
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Views: 149

Re: Protein structure

the definitions seem fine to me. The primary structure is like Asp-Gly-Glu-His-Gly-Phe blah, blah the secondary structure is like: DGEHGF (the sequence from above in 1-letter code) HH..EE (where H means helix and E means the beta sheet, I think ...

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by JackBean
Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:51 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Protein structure
Replies: 2
Views: 149

Protein structure

i dont understand the difference between primary,secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary so far this is what i understand by the following terms ok so far i know the primary structure is linear arrange of the amino acids in a peptide chain to show ...

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by ccBiologist
Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:15 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Protein structure
Replies: 2
Views: 149

Re: Theories - Origin of Life

... I can’t understand your statement. The problem is again about the meaning of words. What is “origins”? Word English Dictionary: Origin – 1 - - A primary source; derivation 2 - the beginning of something; first stage or part( often plural ) ancestry or parentage; birth; extraction Then, I think, ...

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by TheMatrixDNA
Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:08 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Theories - Origin of Life
Replies: 266
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