serum protein
21serum neuropathy — serum sickness neuropathy a neurologic disorder, usually involving the cervical nerves or brachial plexus, occurring two to eight days after the injection of foreign protein, such as an antiserum or antitoxin of animal origin, characterized by… …
22serum albumin — n. the most abundant protein of blood serum: it is synthesized by the liver and serves to regulate osmotic pressure and to carry certain metabolic products …
23serum — ► NOUN (pl. sera or serums) ▪ the amber coloured, protein rich liquid which separates out when blood coagulates. ORIGIN Latin, whey …
24Serum amyloid P component — Amyloid P component, serum (SAP) is the identical serum form of amyloid P component (AP), a 25kDa pentameric protein first identified as the pentagonal constituent of in vivo pathological deposits called amyloid .cite journal | author = Cathcart… …
25Protein — A large molecule composed of one or more chains of amino acids in a specific order determined by the base sequence of nucleotides in the DNA coding for the protein. Proteins are required for the structure, function, and regulation of the body s… …
26serum albumin — noun albumin occurring in blood serum; serves to maintain the somatic pressure of the blood • Hypernyms: ↑albumin, ↑albumen • Substance Holonyms: ↑serum, ↑blood serum * * * noun : a crystallizable albumin or mixture of albumins that normally… …
27Serum sickness — Infobox Disease Name = Serum sickness Caption = DiseasesDB = 11970 ICD10 = ICD10|T|80|6|t|80 ICD9 = ICD9|999.5 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2105 MeshID = D012713 Serum sickness is a reaction to proteins in… …
28serum albumin — 1. Biochem. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites. 2. the commercial form of this substance, used in dye preparations, foodstuffs, and in medicine esp. in the treatment of …
29serum amyloid — In secondary amyloidosis the fibrils deposited in tissues are unrelated to immunoglobulin light chains (in contrast to the situation in primary amyloidosis) and are made of amyloid A protein (AA protein). This is derived from serum amyloid A… …
30Protein electrophoresis — In chemistry and medicine, protein electrophoresis (a.k.a. Immunoelectrophoresis) is a method of analysing a mixture of proteins by means of gel electrophoresis, mainly in blood serum (blood plasma is not suitable). Before the widespread use of… …
