m the jack bean, Canavalia ensiformis.
Two or more identical linear molecular units covalently linked in tandem. Especially used of nucleic acid molecules and of units in artificial polymers.
Vacuole formed from the cis face of the Golgi apparatus by the fusion of smaller vacuoles. Within the condensing vacuole the contents are concentrated and may become ...
A mutation that is only expressed under certain environmental conditions, for example temperature-sensitive mutants.
Cell culture medium that has already been partially used by cells. Although depleted of some components, it is enriched with cell-derived material, probably including small ...
A cell culture in which all the cells are in contact and thus the entire surface of the culture vessel is covered. It is also often used with the implication that the cells ...
A system of (usually) epifluorescence light microscopy in which a fine laser beam of light is scanned over the object through the objective lens. The technique is particularly ...
Alteration in the shape -usually the tertiary structure of a protein - as a result of alteration in the environment (pH, temperature, ionic strength) or the binding of a ligand ...
Asexual spore of fungus, borne at the tip of a specialized hypha (conidiophore).
Union between two gametes or between two cells leading to the transfer of genetic material. In eukaryotes the classic examples are in Paramecium and Spirogyra. Conjugation ...
Uncontrolled secretion of aldosterone usually by an adrenal adenoma.
Cell surface protein (70 kD) from mouse fibrosarcoma cells that binds laminin and actin.
Rather general term for mesodermally derived tissue that may be more or less specialized. Cartilage and bone are specialized connective tissue, as is blood, but the term is ...
connective tissue diseases
A group of diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatic fever, scleroderma and others, that are sometimes referred to as rheumatic ...