Basic Bioinformatics Terms on letter M

These Basic Bioinformatics Terms on letter - M. It can boost vocabulary in bioinformatics. It can also enhance basic knowledge of Bioinformatics.

1. What is "Macroarrays/Microarrays "?

Microarrays are small spots of DNA or protein and the identity of the spotted material is known.
Macroarrays are bacterial, yeast or similar colonies on plates used to determine functional consequences of genomic manipulations.

2. What is "Mass spectrometry"?

Mass spectrometry, MS is a technique that allows investigators to separate proteins based on their mass to charge ration (m/z).
The m/z for each protein allows them to be identified and quantified from complex mixtures.
This proteomics tool is often used in pairs and called tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS).
Protein samples are first ionized then inserted into MS/MS by either laser-based methods (MALDI, SELDI) or an electrospray method (ESI).

3. What is "Megabase (Mb)"?

Megabase (Mb) 1,000 kilobases or 1 million bases of DNA.

4. What is "Metabolic pathway"?

Metabolic pathway - It is the sequential reactions that taken together lead from one substance to another.

5. What is "Metabolome"?

Metabolome - It is a term coined to encompass the entire metabolic content of a cell or organism.

6. What is "Metadata"?

Metadata - It is a Data concerning or describing some core data, as distinct from the primary data that is being described.
This includes metadata on the origin, source, history, ownership or location of some thing.

7. What is "Microarray technology"?

Microarray technology is used for parallel gene expression and DNA homology analysis using an orderly arrangement of thousands of identified sequenced genes printed on a solid chip.

8. What is "Microsatellite"?

Microsatellite - It is a short segment of DNA (2-50 bases) repeated multiple times.
Microsatellites vary in length and base composition which makes them useful tools for distinguishing members of a population.

9. What is "MiSeq"?

MiSeq - It is a Illumina sequencing platform that generates 15 Gb sequence per run with paired read lengths of 300 bp.

10. What is "Molecular function"?

Molecular function - It was coined by Gene Ontology, describes tasks performed by individual gene products such as transcription factor or calcium transportation.

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