early embryonic stage antigen

  • 1antigen — Any substance that, as a result of coming in contact with appropriate cells, induces a state of sensitivity and/or immune responsiveness after a latent period (days to weeks) and that reacts in a demonstrable way with antibodies and/or immune… …

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  • 2genetics, human — ▪ biology Introduction       study of the inheritance of characteristics by children from parents. Inheritance in humans does not differ in any fundamental way from that in other organisms.       The study of human heredity occupies a central… …

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  • 3BMPR1B — Protbox Name=Bone morphogenetic protein receptor, type IB Photo= Caption= Gene = HUGO code: [http://www.gene.ucl.ac.uk/nomenclature/data/get data.php?hgnc id=HGNC:1077 BMPR1B] Structure = Review = Type= Receptor serine/threonine kinase Functions …

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  • 4Clonal selection — of lymphocytes: 1) A hematopoietic stem cell undergoes differentiation and genetic rearrangement to produce 2) immature lymphocytes with many different antigen receptors. Those that bind to 3) antigens from the body s own tissues are destroyed,… …

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  • 5Serpin — Serpins are a group of proteins with similar structures that were first identified as a set of proteins able to inhibit proteases. The name serpin is derived from this activity serine protease inhibitors. [cite journal |author=R. Carrell and J.… …

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  • 6Okazaki fragments — DNA replication Okazaki fragments are short molecules of single stranded DNA that are formed on the lagging strand during DNA replication. They are between 1,000 to 2,000 nucleotides long in Escherichia coli and are between 100 to 200 nucleotides …

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  • 7Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… …

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  • 8Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety.       In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …

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  • 9Stem cell — Mouse embryonic st …

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  • 10poison — poisoner, n. poisonless, adj. poisonlessness, n. /poy zeuhn/, n. 1. a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health. 2. something harmful or pernicious, as to happiness or well being: the poison of slander. 3.… …

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