ADN antisensLes ADN antisens sont des brins d'ADN synthétiques destinés à interagir avec un ARNm pour inhiber la synthèse de la protéine correspondante. Ils sont utilisés pour la thérapie antisens. On parle aussi d'ARN antisens ou d'oligonucléotides antisens. Ils sont constitué des 20 à 50 nucléotides en général. Certaines régions de l'ADN correspondent à des gènes, lesquels sont des instructions spécifiant l'ordre des acides aminés dans une protéine, mais possèdent aussi des séquences régulatrices, des sites d'épissage, des introns (parties non codantes du gène).
High throughput biologyHigh throughput biology (or high throughput cell biology) is the use of automation equipment with classical cell biology techniques to address biological questions that are otherwise unattainable using conventional methods. It may incorporate techniques from optics, chemistry, biology or to permit rapid, highly parallel research into how cells function, interact with each other and how pathogens exploit them in disease. High throughput cell biology has many definitions, but is most commonly defined by the search for active compounds in natural materials like in medicinal plants.
Édition (biologie)L'édition est une modification post-transcriptionnelle des ARN changeant la séquence codante existant au niveau de l'ADN. Elle peut se dérouler pendant la transcription ou de manière post-transcriptionnelle. Ce terme recouvre trois événements différents : l'addition de nucléotide(s), le remplacement d'une base ou la modification d'une base au niveau de l'ARN. Le processus d'édition a été découvert initialement chez les mitochondries des trypanosomes.
Gene expression profilingIn the field of molecular biology, gene expression profiling is the measurement of the activity (the expression) of thousands of genes at once, to create a global picture of cellular function. These profiles can, for example, distinguish between cells that are actively dividing, or show how the cells react to a particular treatment. Many experiments of this sort measure an entire genome simultaneously, that is, every gene present in a particular cell. Several transcriptomics technologies can be used to generate the necessary data to analyse.
LipidomeNOTOC The lipidome refers to the totality of lipids in cells. Lipids are one of the four major molecular components of biological organisms, along with proteins, sugars and nucleic acids. Lipidome is a term coined in the context of omics in modern biology, within the field of lipidomics. It can be studied using mass spectrometry and bioinformatics as well as traditional lab-based methods. The lipidome of a cell can be subdivided into the membrane-lipidome and mediator-lipidome.
