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Transient

Transient

1. short-lived; passing; not permanent; said of a disease or an attack.

2. A short-lived cardiac sound having little duration (less than 0.12 second) as distinct from a murmur; e.g., first, second, third, and fourth heart sounds, clicks, and opening snaps.

Origin: L. Transeo, pres. P. Transiens, to cross over


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help please 1

... mean? - Only at the level of the cell do the properties of life emerge. - Important properties of weak interactions: They are reversible. They are transient. - Ionic bonds are weakened in water. When this happens they are called ionic attractions. - This type of weak interaction is usually a stabilising ...

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by Stephen1993
Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:30 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: help please 1
Replies: 9
Views: 3132

Re: Biochemical and Molecular Test

... tumefaciens. The plasmid may be integrated into the genome, resulting in a stable transfection, or may remain independent of the genome, called transient transfection. In either case, DNA coding for a protein of interest is now inside a cell, and the protein can now be expressed. A variety of ...

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by sykierj
Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:12 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Biochemical and Molecular Test
Replies: 6
Views: 1574

Re: electric shock and memory

It affects short-term memory because it is stored as transient neural excitations in the hippocampus or amygdala (for emotional memory). Long-term memory, on the other hand, is stored in some form of synaptic plasticity, such as long-term potentiation ...

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by aptitude
Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:06 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: electric shock and memory
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Views: 7806

Growing MDCK Cells on Coverslips

... and have been using glass coverslips coated with poly-L-lysine. The cells sometimes do not stick well to the coverslips and I have found that the transient transfection rate is lower on the coated glass slides than just doing the transfections in the plastic cell culture wells. How do you usually ...

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by mutant11
Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:55 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Growing MDCK Cells on Coverslips
Replies: 1
Views: 1280

haploid organism undergoin meiosis probabilty, please help

suppose that meiosis occurs in the transient diploid stage of the cycle of a haploid organism of chromosome number n. what is the probability that an individual resulting from the meiotic division will have a complete set of centromeres (that ...

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by Fa23
Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:32 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: haploid organism undergoin meiosis probabilty, please help
Replies: 1
Views: 1287
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