50 Important Abbreviations
Used in Biotechnology Field
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2 min readMay 19, 2022
- ABE: Acetone, Butanol, and Ethanol
- ATP: Adenosine Triphosphate
- ADP: Adenosine Diphosphate
- AMP: Adenosine Monophosphate
- APP: Adenosine Pyrophosphate
- AS-PCR: Allele-Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction
- BACs: Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes
- CBM: Carbohydrate-Binding Module
- CBP: Consolidated Bioprocessing
- cDNA: Complementary Deoxyribonucleic Acid
- COD: Chemical Oxygen Demand
- CRISP: Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
- DRANCO: Dry Anaerobic Composting
- DNA: Deoxyribonucleic Acid
- E.coli : Escherichia coli
- ELISA: Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- EST: Expressed Sequence Tag
- FBA: Flux Balance Analysis
- FISH: Fluorescent in situ Hybridization
- FRT: Flippase Recognition Target
- GC: Gas Chromatography
- GEMs: Genetically Engineered Microorganisms
- GMOs: Genetically Modified Organisms
- G6PDH: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
- GRAS: Generally Regarded As Safe
- GH: Glycosyl hydrolases
- HFCS: High Fructose Corn Syrup
- HPLC: High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
- hnRNA: Heterogeneous Nuclear RNA
- ICM: Inner Cell Mass
- Ig: Immunoglobulin
- IS: Insertion Sequence
- LC: Lignocellulose containing
- MAGE: Multiplex Automated Genome Engineering
- MS: Mass Spectrometry
- RBS: Ribosomal Binding Site
- RNA: Ribonucleic Acid
- mRNA: Messenger Ribonucleic Acid
- tRNA: transfer Ribonucleic Acid
- rRNA: ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid
- sRNA: small Regulatory Ribonucleic Acid
- NMR: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
- PPP: Pentose Phosphate Pathway
- PUL: Polysaccharide Utilization Loci
- PCR: Polymerase Chain Reaction
- qPCR: quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RTPCR: Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction
- UTR: Untranslated Region
- XP: Xeroderma Pigmentosum
- YAC: Yeast Artificial Chromosomes
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