Slide 1 The Immune Response 1Dr. Nikhat Siddiqi Slide 2 All vertebrates have an immune system capable of distinguishing molecular “self” from “nonself” and then destroying…

Slide 1 APPLICATIONS OF CENTRIFUGATION 1 Slide 2 Cell Fractionation Velocity sedimentation centrifugation separates particles ranging from coarse precipitates to sub cellular…

Slide 1 Conversion of Amino Acids to Specialized Products 1Dr. Nikhat Siddiqi Slide 2 In addition to serving as building blocks for proteins, amino acids are precursors of…

Slide 1 Four Amino Acids Are Converted to Succinyl-CoA 1Dr. Nikhat Siddiqi Slide 2 The carbon skeletons of methionine, isoleucine, threonine, and valine are degraded by pathways…

Slide 1 Seven Amino Acids Are Degraded to Acetyl-CoA 1Dr. Nikhat Siddiqi Slide 2 All the amino acids that form pyruvate can also form acetyl CoA via pyruvate dehydrogenase.…

Slide 1 Mass Spectroscopy 1Dr. Nikhat Siddiqi Slide 2 Mass spectrometry is a powerful analytical technique that is used to identify unknown compounds, to quantify known compounds,…

Slide 1 Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis 1Dr. Nikhat Siddiqi Slide 2 The most widely-used polysaccharide gel matrix nowadays is that formed with agarose. This is a polymer…

Slide 1 Fluorescence Spectroscopy 1Dr. Nikhat Siddiqi Slide 2 Principles Interaction of photons with molecules results in promotion of valence electrons from ground state…