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3'splice site 
3'UTR: 3'UTR.
5'splice site 
5'UTR

ABC domain
ABC protein
ABC superfamily
aberrant mRNA
abzyme
acceptor site
acceptor splice site 
activator
active center
active site
acyl- 
acylated tRNA 
AFLP
AFLP fingerprints
allele 
allelomorph 
alternative splicing 
amino acid-accepting RNA 
amino acid-tRNA ligase 
aminoacyl tRNA 
aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase 
amplicon
 
amplified fragment-length polymorphism
amino acid
 
amino acid residue
annealing
annotation
anticoding strand
antibody
anticodon
antigen
antigen binding site
antigen mimicry
antigenic determinant
antiidiotype antibodies

antiport
antiporter
antisense RNA 
antisense-RNA control
antisense strand 
antitemplate strand 
antizymes
AP-PCR
apoenzyme
aptamer
arbitrarily primed PCR
Argonaute proteins 
aRNA
ATP-binding cassette domain
ATP-binding cassette
ATP-binding domain
automated sequencing

B

backbone 
back mutation
bacteriophage
bacteriophage vector
balanced translocation
basal apparatus
basal factors
basal transcription apparatus
base
base analog
base-pair substitution
biocatalyst
bioethics
biotechnology
boundary element
box
branch site 
building block

C

canonical
canonical sequence
cap
capillary sequencing
capsid
carbohydrate backbone
cassette
cassette mutagenesis
catalytic monoclonal antibody
catalytic RNA
catalytic promiscuity
catalytic site

cDNA
cDNA library
chain-termination sequencing
charged tRNA
chemical sequencing method
chimaera
chimaeric
chimera
chimeric
chimeric antibody
chondriome
chromatin
chromatin boundary
cis-splicing
cistron
clone
clone, to
cloned DNA
cloning
closed complex
coactivator
code for, to 
coding region 
coding sequence 
coding strand 
codogenic strand 
codon 
codon bias
codon preference
codon usage
coenzyme
cofactor
cognate tRNAs
complementary DNA
complementary RNA (cRNA) 
complementary sequence 
complementary strand 
conjugated protein
consensus sequence
construct
contigs
coordination entity
copy DNA
core DNA
core particle
core RNA polymerase
corepressor
cosmid
co-suppression 
cotransport
countertranscript 
countertransport
CRM
cRNA

cross-react, to
cross-reacting antibody
cross-reacting antigen
cross-reacting material
cross-reactivity
curation
curator

D

deletion
denaturation 
denature, to 
deoxynucleoside triphosphate
deoxyribonuclease
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) 
deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate
ddNTP
Dicer 
dideoxy analogue
dideoxynucleoside triphosphate
distributive enzyme
DNA 
DNA backbone 
DNA cloning
DNA-dependent RNA polymerase 
DNA-directed RNA polymerase 
DNA fingerprinting
DNA ligase
DNA polymerase
DNA polymerase sliding clamp
DNA profiling
DNA replication
DNA sequencing with chain-terminating inhibitors
DNA splicing 
DNase
dNTP
domain
donor site 
donor splice site 
double helix 
double-stranded 
double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) 
double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) 
double-stranded RNA interference 
dsDNA 
dsRNA 
dsRNA-induced gene silencing 
dsRNA trigger 
duplex 
duplex DNA
duplex RNA 
duplication

E

editing 
EF-G
electrical breakdown
electropermeabilization
electroporation
elicitor 
empty expression cassette
endodeoxyribonuclease
endonuclease
enhancer
envelop
enzymatic sequencing method
enzyme

epitope
EST
eukaryon
eukaryote
eukaryotic
exon 
exonuclease
exodeoxyribonuclease
exogenous DNA
expressed sequence tags
expression cassette
expression construct
expression system
expression vector
extein

F

foreign DNA
forensic DNA typing
forward mutation
frameshift mutation

G

gene 
gene bank
gene cassette
gene cloning
gene construct
gene library
gene manipulation
gene probe
gene splicing
genEthics
genethics
genetic engineering
genetic fingerprinting
genetic map
genetic marker
genetic modification
genetic polymorphism
genetic recombination
genome
genomic annotation

genomic library
genomics
genotype
gRNA 
GT-AG rule
guide RNA (gRNA)

H

hapten
HDGS 
helicase
helix-loop-helix
helix-turn-helix
heteroduplex
heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP)
heterogeneous nuclear RNA (hnRNA) 
heterologous
heterologous DNA
heterozygote
high voltage electrical discharge
highly repetitive DNA 
histone
hnRNA 
hnRNP 
Hogness box
holoenzyme
homeobox
homeodomain
homeotic gene
homologous
homologous chromosome 
homology-dependent gene silencing (HDGS)
homozygote
Hox gene
hybrid DNA
hybrid plasmid
hybridization probe

I

idiotope
idiotype
idiotypic determinant
immunogen
immunoglobulin
inducer
initiation codon 
initiator tRNA 
insert
insertion
insertion sequence
insulator
integron
intein 
intergenic
DNA 
intergenic supressor mutation
intervening sequence
intragenic supressor intrinsic terminator
mutation
intron 
inversion
isoaccepting tRNAs

J

jumping gene
junk DNA

K

L

lagging strand
lambda phage
lariat
leader peptide
leader sequence
leading strand
left splice site
library
ligand
linkage map
linker DNA
loci
locus

M

Maxam-Gilbert method
messenger interfering complementary RNA (micRNA) 
messenger RNA (mRNA) 
microsatellite 
microRNA 
micRNA 
minisatellite 
minus strand 
miRNA 
misacylated tRNA 
mischarged tRNA 
missense mutation
mobile genetic element
moderately repetitive DNA
molecular beacon
molecular cloning
monomer molecule
moonlight, to
moonlighting
moonlighting function
moonlighting protein
mosaic
motif
mRNA
multifunctional protein
multispecificity
mutation 
muton 
mutual translocation

N

nascent
NBF

negative regulator
nested genes 
nested PCR
new genetics
nitrogen base
NMD
noncoding sequence 
non-coding strand 
noncoding strand 
nondistributive enzyme
nonprocessive enzyme
nonreciprocal translocation
nonrepetitive DNA
nonsense codon
nonsense mediated decay (NMD)
nonsense mutation
nonsense strand 
non-synonymous codons
non transcribed spacer 
nontranscribing strand
nuclease
nucleic acid
nucleic probe
nucleoside
nucleosome
nucleotide
nucleotide-binding fold

O

Okazaki fragments
oligonucleotide
open complex
open reading frame (ORF) 
operator
operon
ornithine decarboxylase antizyme
ORF

P

paramutation
paratope
passenger DNA
PAZ domain
PCR
pentose-phosphate backbone
peptide backbone
peptide bond
peptide linkage
permease
phage
phagemid
phasmid
phenotype
phosphodiester backbone 
phosphodiester bond
physical map
Piwi box
plantibody
plasmid
plasmid vector
-plast
plastid
plastidome
plastome
plus strand 
point mutation
poly(A)
poly-A signal
poly(A) tail
polyadenilation
polycistronic mRNA
polymerase
polymerase chain reaction
polynucleotide
porter
positive regulator
post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS)
PPD proteins
pre-mRNA
pre-RISC
pre-RNA 
pre-stRNA 
precursor mRNA (pre-mRNA) 
precursor RNA 
presequence
Pribnow box
primary transcript 
primase
primer
primosome
probe
processive enzyme
processivity
proofreading
prokaryon
prokaryote
prokaryotic
promoter
prosthetic group
protein backbone
protein intron
protein splicing
PTGS

Q

quelling

R

random amplified polymorphic DNA
random amplification of polymorphic DNA
RAPD-PCR
RdRP
reactant
reading frame
reading frame shift
readthrough 
reagent
reciprocal translocation
recombinant
recombinant DNA
recombinant DNA construct
recombinant DNA technology
recombination
recon
refolding
regulator gene
renaturation
repetitive DNA
replicate, to
replication fork
reporter group
repressor
restriction endonuclease
restriction enzyme
restriction fragment
restriction fragment length polymorphism
restriction map
restriction site
retrotranscriptase
reverse mutation
reverse transcriptase (RT)
reverse transcriptase PCR
reverse transcription
reversion
revertant
RFLP
rho-dependent terminator
rho-independent terminator
ribonuclease
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
riboprobe 
ribosomal RNA (rRNA) 
ribozyme
right splice site
RISC
RNA
RNA dependent DNA polymerase
RNA-dependent RNA replicase
RNA-directed RNA polymerase (RdRP)
RNA editing 
RNAi 
RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) 
RNA interference (RNAi) 
RNA polymerase
RNA polymerase holoenzyme
RNA probe
RNA splicing 
RNase
RNAse H
rRNA 
RT-PCR

S

same-sense codons
Sanger method
satellite DNA 
satellite RNA 
satellite virus 
scRNA
scRNP
scyrp 
Sec61
second site mutation
sequence motif
self-splicing
selfish DNA
sense codon
sense RNA
sense strand
sequenator
sequence

sequence-tagged sites
sequencer
sequencing
sequencing gel
short hairpin RNA (shRNA)
short tandem repeats
shRNA 
shuttle plasmid
shuttle vector
signal peptide
signal recognition particle
signal sequence
signature
signature motif
signature sequence
silencing trigger
single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) 
single stranded DNA binding protein
single-stranded RNA (ssRNA)
siRNA 
siRNP
Slicer
sliding clamp
sliding DNA clamp
small cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein (scRNP, scyrp)
small cytoplasmic RNA (scRNA)
small interfering ribonucleoprotein (siRNP)
small interfering RNA (siRNA)
small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP, snurp)
small nuclear RNA (snRNA)
small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA)
small temporal RNA (stRNA)
snoRNA
snRNA
snRNP
snurp
solid-phase peptide sequencing
splice site
spliceosome
splicing
splicing junction
splicing site
SRP
SSB protein
ssDNA
ssRNA
stable ternary complex
startpoint
STR
strand
start codon
Sting domain
stop codon
stRNA
stRNA precursor
structural gene
STS
substrate
sugar-phosphate backbone
super-integron
supression
supressor mutation
symport
symporter
synonymous codons

T

targeting sequence
TATA box
TATA element
termination codon 
terminator
TGS 
trailer sequence 
TRAM
transactivator
transcribed spacer 
transcribing strand
transcript
transcription
transcription factor
transcription start point
transcription unit
transcriptional gene silencing (TGS)
transcriptional unit
transesterification
transfer RNA (tRNA)
transformation
transit peptide
transgene-induced co-suppression
transgene silencing
transition
translational repression
translocase
translocating chain-associated membrane protein
translocation
translocon
translocator
transmembrane translocation
transpeptidation 
transporter
transposable element
transposition
transposon
trans-splicing
transversion
trigger
triplet
tRNA
tRNAfMet
tRNAiMet

U

unassigned reading frame (URF)
uncharged tRNA
unidentified reading frame (URF)
uniporter
untranslated region (UTR)
URF
UTR

V

variable number of tandem repeats
variable number of tandem repeat loci
VIGS
virally induced gene silencing (VIGS)
viroid 
virusoide
VNTR

W

wobble

X

Y

Z

Zwille protein