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Coil

Coil

1. A spiral or series of loops.

2. An object made of wire wound in a spiral configuration, used in electronic applications, or a loop of wire used as an antenna.


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Re: problem with cloning using pTYB2

... the weirdest thing happened. I saw two bands for each sample, except the genomic DNA. These two are >= 1kb different so they could not be super coil and open circular. I have never seen this phenomenon before. I attach the pictures here, hopefully somebody has seen this before. from left to ...

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by ripplemm
Thu May 08, 2008 12:25 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: problem with cloning using pTYB2
Replies: 3
Views: 1306

Anthropogenic global warming?

... "bielding material" material for plants, and photosithesis will be increased... finelly. Additionally, as more oil, natural gas, and coil, loss CO2 will be available for biosphere, so will be "carbon crisis" - loss of biomass.

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by Locus
Thu May 31, 2007 10:28 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Anthropogenic global warming?
Replies: 184
Views: 23545

fiber/hair moving thru water

i lost the fiber/hair that i am referring to in this instance. however, my hair will coil up and then unfurl and bend in the opposite direction any time it is placed in water. this happens despite the water remaining perfectly still. it can be witnessed time and time ...

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by ppy1818
Mon May 28, 2007 9:53 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: fiber/hair moving thru water
Replies: 3
Views: 578

Iodine and plant cells

"The iodine (in the form of I5- ions) gets stuck in the coils of beta amylose molecules (beta amylose is a soluble starch). The starch forces the iodine atoms into a linear arrangement in the central groove of the amylose coil. There is some transfer ...

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by muraceae
Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:48 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Iodine and plant cells
Replies: 2
Views: 1740

Mimicry

... of life. Mimicry occurs all over the place. In the Northwest US where I live, you can find gopher snakes that mimic rattle-snakes. They'll coil up and shake their tail, just like a rattler, but they don't have rattles. It really freaked me out the first time I ran across one. One very common ...

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by AstusAleator
Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:36 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Mimicry
Replies: 6
Views: 1242
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