Glossary for NanoBiotechnology

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apical:
Describes the tip of a cell, a structure, or an organ. The apical surface of an epithelial cell is the exposed free surface, opposite to the basal surface. The basal surface rests on the basal lamina that separates the epithelium from other tissue.

Aplysia (sea hare):
Marine mollusk that is much used in studies of learning mechanisms.

apolar molecule:
see nonpolar molecule

apoptosis:
Programmed cell death.

aqueous:
Pertaining to water, as in an aqueous solution.

aromatic:
Refers to a molecule that contains carbon atoms in a ring, linked through alternating single and double bonds. Often a molecule related to benzene.

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Parts of the glossary are from the following book:
Copyright 1983, 1989, 1994 From "Molecular Biology of the Cell" by Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, James D. Watson. Reproduced by permission of Routledge, Inc., part of The Taylor & Francis Group.