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repair

1. To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune. Secret refreshings that repair his strength. (milton) Do thou, as thou art wont, repair My heart with gladness. (Wordsworth)

2. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage. I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear. (Shak)

Synonym: restore, recover, renew, amend, mend, retrieve, recruit.

Origin: F. Reparer, L. Reparare; pref. Re- re- _ parare to prepare. See Pare, and cf. Reparation.


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G-T Mismatch Repair

Whenever a G -T mismatch is encountered in DNA, the cell repairs it using a specific mechanism which has a bias towards replacing T with C instead of replacing G with A. This helps in reducing mutations. But the question is - how does the cell know that ...

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Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:08 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: G-T Mismatch Repair
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Dead Centrifuge

... motherboard. The thing came with a spare fuse, but when this was replaced, it immediately revved up and died all over again. It's been sent in for repairs, but could any of you diagnose the problem? I'm hoping to free myself from culpability here. There were (gasp!) five eppendorf tubes in the ...

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by centrifugemurderer
Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:12 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dead Centrifuge
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Does an unicellular organism die out of starvation?

The answer is generally YES. Proteins, DNA and other molecules can be degraded by many things and repairs are necessary. Those repairs require energy... But resistant forms can survive very long: spores have been found viable in archaelogical finds.

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by canalon
Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:38 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Does an unicellular organism die out of starvation?
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About DNA & RNA

... transferase 5.single strand binding protein 6.aminoactyl tRNA synthase 7. ligase 8.primase a. prohibits super-coiling of DNA molecule b. repairs the 'nick' left in DNA c. catalyze condensation bonding between amino acids d. charges a tRNA with its proper amino acids e. unwinds super-coiling ...

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by wille2511
Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:10 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: About DNA & RNA
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The Fiber Disease

... by human consumption. The key to understanding the most damaging effect of fluoride is to know about these trace metal upsets that control enzyme repairs and other processes within cells. Upsets in these trace metals occur due to the fact that fluorine is the most electronegative element and when ...

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Sat Dec 09, 2006 12:18 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
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