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Biochemistry is the discipline that embraces the study of the structure and function of life-forms at the molecular level. Molecular biology is a closely related discipline that originates in the study of DNA and its metabolism, and now embraces all those investigations that exploit the technology that has resulted from this work. Both disciplines aim to explain the behaviour of life-forms in molecular terms, and are so closely interrelated that separation is barely possible. It is inevitable that the content of this dictionary is to a degree arbitrary, but it is hoped that all important aspects of these subjects have received consideration. The compilers have attempted to offer a broad coverage of terms encountered in the literature of biochemistry and molecular biology by including an appreciable number from cognate sciences. This dictionary will be found to have some of the attributes of an encyclopedia, although the extent to which it veers in this direction has varied with the whim of its compilers. It is our hope that in a single volume the reader has easy access to basic definitions as well as a generous helping of other information. This dictionary includes some words which are, or are asserted to be, proprietary names or trade marks. Their inclusion does not imply that they have acquired for legal purposes a non-proprietary or general ignificance, nor is any other judgement implied concerning their legal status.