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Spit

A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches.


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Gene cloning question

you wouldn't want to leave the Kozac sequence and start codon in between the two coding sequences just incase the genes should spit, which there is a chance of if you're trying to splice the gene into a larger sequence or if it is just a plasmid. because then you might have reporters ...

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by Eous
Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:57 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Gene cloning question
Replies: 11
Views: 1442

what disease could this be..?

... i had the headaches still and a massive sore throat and runny nose, just to top it off now every minute or so i'm in the need to either swallow or spit out saliva, i think the saliva thing is to do with the sore throat but i'm still unsure. I kept on going with these symptoms all friday and saturday. ...

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by shaunyboy93
Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:45 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: what disease could this be..?
Replies: 1
Views: 107

Re: There is no scientific method

... You bring up really good points Gamila, but then you throw the baby out with the bath water. Wouldn't it be better to spit out the bones and chew the meat? There is a a scientific method based on experimentation and observation which explores how things work, but we ...

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by AFJ
Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:43 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: There is no scientific method
Replies: 12
Views: 397

Re: DNA/RNA nucleotides question

... is what turns RNA into polypeptide chains) occurs outside the nucleus. So once enzymes are done cutting the RNA into usable codons, the RNA gets spit out of the nucleus into the cytoplasm where it's then translated by ribosomes. The reason there's so much RNA floating around in cytoplasm is because ...

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by Syne
Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:25 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: DNA/RNA nucleotides question
Replies: 3
Views: 1153

Re: MOSQUITO AND AIDS

... from one victim to the next. Agents that use mosquitoes have to be able to get out of the mosquito's gut and into its salivary glands - they "spit" an anticoagulant saliva through their mouthparts when they start a bite. That's how malaria and West Nile virus work. Because of the first ...

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by Darby
Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:43 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MOSQUITO AND AIDS
Replies: 11
Views: 699
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