Semantron 22 Summer 2022

Bacteriophage therapy

Immunology

The branch of medicine and biology concerned with immunity.

Immutable

Unchanging over time or unable to be changed.

Inhibition

The slowing or prevention of a process, reaction, or function by a particular substance.

Intestinal tract

The small and large intestines in continuity.

Intracellular

Located or occurring within a cell or cells.

Intravenous (IV)

Existing or taking place within, or administered into, a vein or veins. (of a process) Performed or taking place in a test tube, culture dish, or elsewhere outside a living organism. (of a process) Performed or taking place in a living organism. Of or denoting ultracentrifugal separation techniques making use of differences in density between the components of a mixture. The disintegration of a cell by rupture of the cell wall or membrane.

In vitro

In vivo

Isopycnic

Lysis

Lysogeny

The lysogenic cycle.

Macromolecular

Characterized by a very large molecule, such as a polymer or protein, consisting of many smaller structural units linked together. A gene which in certain circumstances can transform a cell into a tumour cell. A bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease. A shallow, circular, transparent dish with a flat lid, used for the culture of microorganisms. A technique for the production and screening of novel proteins and polypeptides by inserting a gene fragment into a gene responsible for the surface protein of a bacteriophage. The new protein appears in the surface coating of the phage, in which it can be manipulated and tested for biological activity. A method used for detecting single strains of bacteria using active lytic phages. A collection of data usually in the form of a table summarizing the per cent of individual bacterial pathogens susceptible to different phages. The branch of medicine concerned with the uses, effects, and modes of action of drugs. A clear area in a cell culture caused by the inhibition of growth or destruction of cells by an agent such as a virus. A linear organic polymer consisting of a large number of amino-acid residues bonded together in a chain, forming part of (or the whole of) a protein molecule.

Oncogene

Pathogen

Petri dish

Phage display

Phage typing

Phagogram

Pharmacology

Plaque

Polypeptide

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