Glossary

The study of serum reactions between an antigen and its antibody. Serology is mainly used to identify and distinguish between antigens, such as those specific to microorganisms or viruses. Serology is also employed as an indicator technique to assay plants suspected of being virus-infected.

They are minute, rod-shaped or coccoid, aerobic, gram-negative organisms, found on various foodstuffs as a pink or reddish growth; nonpathogenic. Used to validate 0.45µm removal rated filters.

The liquid portion remaining after clotting whole blood or plasma.

A globular protein obtained from blood and body fluids.

In mammalian-based cell culture processes, “serum-free” refers to the use of cell culture medium that is not supplemented with serum.

A high speed computer in a network that is shared by multiple users. It holds the programs and data that are shared by all users.

Contract between a service provider and a customer, it details the nature, quality, and scope of the service to be provided.

The life expectancy or number of cycles for which a processing unit will maintain its performance.

Synonymous: Utility Program.

A feedback control system in which at least one of the system signals represents a mechanical motion.

(ANSI) An automatic device that uses feedback to govern the physical position of an element.

Precedes Regulation and Adjustment, and includes the necessary calibration and preliminary adjustment of instruments, sensors and mechanisms before initial energizing of systems. Prerequisites are satisfactory Inspection, safety/start-up procedures in-place, training given and documented start-up sequences provided. The first stages of setting-to-work can be considered a “shake-down” of the system.

Suitable container (e.g. Petri dish) of appropriate size, containing an appropriate, sterile, culture medium which is left open for a defined period to collect viable particles depositing from the air. ISO 14698-1.

Bubble-Boy Syndrome - A disease affecting the immune system. SCID is fatal if affected individuals do not receive bone marrow transplants.

(ICH Q9) Measure of the possible consequences of a hazard.

Those whose content is different in the two sexes – usually labeled X and Y (or W and Z), female sex has XX (or WW), male is XY (or WZ).

A bacterial episome (e.g., the F plasmid in E. coli) that enables the cell to be a donor of genetic material. The sex factor may be propagated in the cytoplasm, or it may be integrated into the bacterial chromosome.

Steroid hormones that control sexual development.

Located on the X chromosome. Sex-linked (or x-linked) diseases are generally seen only in males.

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Sulfur Hexafluoride

Sequence Function Chart

State Fire Marshall (office of - California)

Semliki Forest Virus