Team:MIT/Vocabulary List

Vocabulary List

 * epitope: A localized region on the surface of an antigen that is capable of eliciting an immune response and of combining with a specific antibody to counter that response.
 * GFP: green fluorescent protein
 * HIS-tag: polyhistidine tag to facilitate protein purification
 * promoter: a gene sequence that activates transcription
 * peptide: a compound containing two or more amino acids in which the carboxyl group of one acid is linked to the amino group of the othe
 * RBS: ribosome binding site
 * TEV site: Tobacco Etch Virus protease cleavage site
 * Western Blot: a highly sensitive procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific protein in a mixed extract; proteins are separated by gel electrophoresis and transferred to a special filter paper, on which the protein under investigation can be detected by a probe