MBY 251 Theme 5 Vocab
Bioinformatics - answerthe use of computational tools to acquire, analyze, store, and access
DNA and protein sequences
Chromosomal island - answera bacterial chromosome region of foreign origin that contains
clustered genes for some extra property such as virulence or symb...
Bioinformatics - answer✔the use of computational tools to acquire, analyze, store, and access
DNA and protein sequences
Chromosomal island - answer✔a bacterial chromosome region of foreign origin that contains
clustered genes for some extra property such as virulence or symbiosis
Codon bias - answer✔the relative proportions of different codons encoding the same amino
acid; it varies in different organisms. Same as codon usage
Core genome - answer✔the part of a genome shared by all strains of a species
Gene chip - answer✔small, solid supports to which genes or portions of genes are affixed and
arrayed spatially in a known pattern (also called microarrays)
Gene family - answer✔genes related in sequence to each other because of common
evolutionary origin
Genome - answer✔the total complement of genetic information of a cell or a virus
Genomics - answer✔the discipline that maps, sequences, analyzes, and compares genomes
Homologs - answer✔genes related in sequence to an extent that implies common genetic
ancestry; includes both orthologs and paralogs
Horizontal gene transfer - answer✔the transfer of genetic information between organisms as
opposed to transfer from parent to offspring
Hybridization - answer✔the joining of two single-stranded nucleic acid molecules by
complementary base pairing to form a double-stranded hybrid DNA or DNA-RNA molecule
Interactome - answer✔the total set of interactions between proteins (or other macromolecules)
in an organism
Metabolome - answer✔the total complement of small molecules and metabolic intermediates of
a cell or organism
Metagenome - answer✔the total genetic complement of all the cells present in a particular
environment
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