Cereal germ for translating mRNA into amino acids but relatively low levels of its own mRNA. Wheat germ is also useful in biochemistry since it contains lectins that bind strongly to certain glycoproteins; therefore, it can be used to isolate such proteins. Cereal germ The germ of a cereal is the reproductive part that germinates to grow into a plant; it is the embryo of the seed. Along with bran, germ is often a by-product of the milling that produces refined grain products. Cereal grains and their components, such as wheat germ oil, rice bran oil, and maize, may be used as
21 Grams categories of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor. 21 Grams 21 Grams is a 2003 American crime drama film directed by Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu from a screenplay written by Guillermo Arriaga. It stars Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Danny Huston and Benicio Del Toro. The second part of Arriaga's and González Iñárritu's "Trilogy of Death", preceded by "Amores perros" (2000) and followed by "Babel" (2006), "21 Grams" interweaves several plot lines in a nonlinear arrangement. "21 Grams" revolves around the consequences of a tragic automobile accident. Penn plays a critically ill mathematician, Watts plays a grief-stricken mother,