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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siglec
Siglecs (Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectins) are cell surface proteins that bind sialic acid. They are found primarily on the surface of immune cells and are a subset of the I-type lectins. There are 14 different mammalian Siglecs, providing an array of different functions based on cell surface receptor-l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannosamine
D-Mannosamine (2-amino-2-deoxymannose) is a hexosamine derivative of mannose. See also Neuraminic acid References Hexosamines
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein%204.1
Protein 4.1, (Erythrocyte membrane protein band 4.1), is a protein associated with the cytoskeleton that in humans is encoded by the EPB41 gene. Protein 4.1 is a major structural element of the erythrocyte membrane skeleton. It plays a key role in regulating membrane physical properties of mechanical stability and defo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20temporal%20RNA
Small temporal RNA (abbreviated stRNA) regulates gene expression during roundworm development by preventing the mRNAs they bind from being translated. In contrast to siRNA, stRNAs downregulate expression of target RNAs after translation initiation without affecting mRNA stability. Nowadays, stRNAs are better known as m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrin-linked%20kinase
Integrin-linked kinase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ILK gene involved with integrin-mediated signal transduction. Mutations in ILK are associated with cardiomyopathies. It is a 59kDa protein originally identified in a yeast-two hybrid screen with integrin β1 as the bait protein. Since its discovery, I...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseradish%20peroxidase
The enzyme horseradish peroxidase (HRP), found in the roots of horseradish, is used extensively in biochemistry applications. It is a metalloenzyme with many isoforms, of which the most studied type is C. It catalyzes the oxidation of various organic substrates by hydrogen peroxide. Structure The structure of the e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucial
Crucial may refer to: Brands Crucial, a consumer products brand used by semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology Music Crucial, album by Ali (British singer) (1998) The Crucial Conspiracy, an album by The Dingees (2001) The Crucial Squeegie Lip, a demo recording by Ween (1987) Crucial, the backing band for Ju...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery%20Mountain%20%28serial%29
Mystery Mountain is a 1934 American Western serial film directed by Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason and starring Ken Maynard, Verna Hillie, Syd Saylor, Edward Earle, and Hooper Atchley. Distributed by Mascot Pictures, Mystery Mountain features the second ever film appearance by Gene Autry. Plot Ken Williams (Ken Mayna...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaginal%20cancer
Vaginal cancer is an extraordinarily rare form of cancer that develops in the tissue of the vagina. Primary vaginal cancer originates from the vaginal tissue – most frequently squamous cell carcinoma, but primary vaginal adenocarcinoma, sarcoma, and melanoma have also been reported – while secondary vaginal cancer invo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein%204.2
Erythrocyte membrane protein band 4.2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EPB42 gene. It is part of the red blood cell cytoskeleton. Erythrocyte membrane protein band 4.2 is an ATP-binding protein which may regulate the association of band 3 with ankyrin. It probably has a role in erythrocyte shape and mecha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauss%E2%80%93Codazzi%20equations
In Riemannian geometry and pseudo-Riemannian geometry, the Gauss–Codazzi equations (also called the Gauss–Codazzi–Weingarten-Mainardi equations or Gauss–Peterson–Codazzi formulas) are fundamental formulas which link together the induced metric and second fundamental form of a submanifold of (or immersion into) a Rieman...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erna%20Gunther
Erna Gunther (1896–1982) was an American anthropologist who taught for many years at the University of Washington in Seattle. Gunther's work on ethnobotany is still extensively consulted today. Biography Gunther graduated from Barnard College in 1919, as a student of Franz Boas, and received her MA in anthropology fro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodenal%20atresia
Duodenal atresia is the congenital absence or complete closure of a portion of the lumen of the duodenum. It causes increased levels of amniotic fluid during pregnancy (polyhydramnios) and intestinal obstruction in newborn babies. Newborns present with bilious or non-bilous vomiting (depending on where in the duodenu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mioara%20Mugur-Sch%C3%A4chter
Mioara Mugur-Schächter is a French-Romanian physicist, specialized in fundamental quantum mechanics, probability theory and information theory. She is also an epistemologist (methodologist) of scientific knowledge generation. As a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Reims, she founded the Laboratory o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmolase
A desmolase is any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation or destruction of carbon-carbon bonds within a molecule. These enzymes play a significant role in cellular respiration and in fermentation. Desmolases are involved in steroidogenesis. Examples of desmolases are: Cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20trapping
Gene trapping is a high-throughput approach that is used to introduce insertional mutations across an organism's genome. Method Trapping is performed with gene trap vectors whose principal element is a gene trapping cassette consisting of a promoterless reporter gene and/or selectable genetic marker, flanked by an up...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirna
Mirna may refer to: Places Mirna (Adriatic Sea), a river in Croatia Mirna, Iran, a village in Iran in Slovenia Mirna (Sava), a river in Slovenia Mirna Valley, a valley in Slovenia Mirna, Mirna, Slovenia; the seat of the eponymous municipality Municipality of Mirna, a municipality in Slovenia Mount Mirna, a hil...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936%20Swiss%20Grand%20Prix
The 1936 Swiss Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Bremgarten on 23 August 1936. Classification References Swiss Grand Prix Swiss Grand Prix Grand Prix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936%20Italian%20Grand%20Prix
The 1936 Italian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monza on 13 September 1936. The 72 lap event was won by Bernd Rosemeyer. Classification References Italian Grand Prix Italian Grand Prix Grand Prix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monthly%20Labor%20Review
The Monthly Labor Review (MLR) is published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Issues often focus on a particular topic. Most articles are by BLS staff. Annually since 1969, the Lawrence R. Klein Award has been awarded to authors of articles appearing in the Monthly Labor Review, generally one to BLS author...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.%20R.%20Srinivasa%20Varadhan
Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan, (born 2 January 1940) is an Indian American mathematician. He is known for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviations. He is regarded as one of the fundamental contributors to the theory of diff...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoidance%20reaction
Avoidance reaction is a term used in the description of the movement of paramecium. This helps the cell avoid obstacles and causes other objects to bounce off of the cell's outer membrane. The paramecium does this by reversing the direction in which its cilia beat. This results in stopping, spinning or turning, after w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazinho%20Oliveira
Waldemar Aureliano de Oliveira Filho, usually known as Mazinho Oliveira (born 26 December 1965), is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a forward. Career statistics Club International References External links 1965 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Br...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie%20A.%20Lyons
Leslie A. Lyons is an associate professor at University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine. Career In 2002, Lyons made international headlines by analyzing the DNA of the world's first cloned cat, a kitten named Cc:, and confirming that it was indeed a true clone, a genetic copy of its mother. Lyons has hel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB5%20toxin
{{DISPLAYTITLE:AB5 toxin}} The AB5 toxins are six-component protein complexes secreted by certain pathogenic bacteria known to cause human diseases such as cholera, dysentery, and hemolytic–uremic syndrome. One component is known as the A subunit, and the remaining five components are B subunits. All of these toxins ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutaredoxin
Glutaredoxins (also known as Thioltransferase) are small redox enzymes of approximately one hundred amino-acid residues that use glutathione as a cofactor. In humans this oxidation repair enzyme is also known to participate in many cellular functions, including redox signaling and regulation of glucose metabolism. Glut...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorodecalin
Perfluorodecalin () is a fluorocarbon, a derivative of decalin in which all of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by fluorine atoms. It is chemically and biologically inert and stable up to 400 °C. Several applications make use of its ability to dissolve gases. Manufacture It is manufactured by the fluorination of tetral...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissonite
Nissonite is a very rare copper phosphate mineral with formula: Cu2Mg2(PO4)2(OH)2·5H2O. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system typically as crusts, tabular crystals, and diamond-shaped crystals. The color is blue-green. It has a light green streak, a Mohs hardness of 2.5 and a specific gravity of 2.73. Cleav...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric%20programming
A geometric program (GP) is an optimization problem of the form where are posynomials and are monomials. In the context of geometric programming (unlike standard mathematics), a monomial is a function from to defined as where and . A posynomial is any sum of monomials. Geometric programming is closely related t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%20projection%20theorem
In mathematics, the Hilbert projection theorem is a famous result of convex analysis that says that for every vector in a Hilbert space and every nonempty closed convex there exists a unique vector for which is minimized over the vectors ; that is, such that for every Finite dimensional case Some intuition for...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky%20mouse
Sticky mouse is a murine possessing a gene mutation in the enzyme alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AARS). The sticky mouse, with this particular mutation, presents a good model in which to investigate mechanisms of neuronal degeneration. Its most immediately obvious symptom is a sticky secretion on the mouse's fur (thus the nam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disodium%20hydrogen%20phosphite
Disodium hydrogen phosphite is the name for inorganic compounds with the formula Na2HPO3•(H2O)x. The commonly encountered salt is the pentahydrate. A derivative of phosphorous acid (HP(O)(OH)2), it contains the anion HPO32−. Its common name suggests that it contains an acidic hydrogen atom, as in sodium hydrogen carbo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KBD
KBD may refer to: K-B-D, a Semitic triliteral root meaning "be heavy" KBD algorithm, for simulating spin models Kabardian language (ISO 639 code), North Caucasus Kaiser–Bessel-derived window, in digital signal processing Kashin–Beck disease, a bone disease Kentucky Bourbon Distillers King's Bench Division , the HTML el...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marie%20Basset
Jean-Marie Basset (born 9 June 1943) is a French chemist, and is currently the director of KAUST catalysis research center. Biography Jean Marie Basset is an engineer from the École Supérieure de Chimie Industrielle de Lyon. He is doing a doctoral thesis under the supervision of Professor Marcel Prettre, a correspond...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diiodothyronine
Diiodothyronine may refer to: 3,3'-Diiodothyronine (3,3'-T2) 3,5-Diiodothyronine (3,5-T2) Iodinated tyrosine derivatives Thyroid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giv
Giv or GIV may refer to: Places Giv, Markazi, Iran Giv, South Khorasan, Iran Other uses Giv (Shahnameh) a character in the Persian epic Shahnameh CCDC88A, a protein The Governor's Institutes of Vermont Gulfstream IV Rostam Giv (1880–1980), Iranian politician and philanthropist See also G4 (disambiguation) ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholesteryl%20nonanoate
Cholesteryl nonanoate, also called cholesteryl pelargonate, 3β-cholest-5-en-3-ol nonaoate or cholest-5-ene-3-β-yl nonanoate, is an ester of cholesterol and nonanoic acid. It is a liquid crystal material forming cholesteric liquid crystals with helical structure. It forms spherulite crystals. Uses It is used in some ha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20American%20U-17%20Championship
The South American U-17 Championship (; ) is a football competition held every two years for South American under-17 teams. The tournament was born in 1985 out of a need for a classification tournament for the newly created FIFA U-16 World Cup (now the FIFA U-17 World Cup). For the first three editions (1985, 1986, and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AICD
The acronym AICD may refer to: Automated Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Amyloid precursor protein Intracellular Cytoplasmic/C-terminal Domain, the smaller cleavage product of APP by gamma-secretase Australian Institute of Company Directors, an organisation supporting company directors in Australia Activation-i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membrane%20fusion%20protein
Membrane fusion proteins (not to be confused with chimeric or fusion proteins) are proteins that cause fusion of biological membranes. Membrane fusion is critical for many biological processes, especially in eukaryotic development and viral entry. Fusion proteins can originate from genes encoded by infectious enveloped...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion%20protein
Fusion proteins or chimeric (kī-ˈmir-ik) proteins (literally, made of parts from different sources) are proteins created through the joining of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins. Translation of this fusion gene results in a single or multiple polypeptides with functional properties derived f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe%20Serna
Pepe Serna (born July 23, 1944) is an American film and television actor and artist. Serna's first break in movies came in 1970 on the Roger Corman directed film The Student Nurses. Over the years Serna has appeared in over 100 films. In the blockbuster comedy The Jerk, he appeared as a lowrider-driving criminal who c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semimartingale
In probability theory, a real valued stochastic process X is called a semimartingale if it can be decomposed as the sum of a local martingale and a càdlàg adapted finite-variation process. Semimartingales are "good integrators", forming the largest class of processes with respect to which the Itô integral and the Strat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phred%20quality%20score
A Phred quality score is a measure of the quality of the identification of the nucleobases generated by automated DNA sequencing. It was originally developed for the computer program Phred to help in the automation of DNA sequencing in the Human Genome Project. Phred quality scores are assigned to each nucleotide base ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940%E2%80%9341%20Serie%20A
The 1940–41 Serie A season was won by Bologna. Teams Atalanta and Livorno had been promoted from Serie B. Final classification Results Top goalscorers References and sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 External links - All results on RSSSF Websi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barium%20chlorate
Barium chlorate, Ba(ClO3)2, is the barium salt of chloric acid. It is a white crystalline solid, and like all soluble barium compounds, irritant and toxic. It is sometimes used in pyrotechnics to produce a green color. It also finds use in the production of chloric acid. Reactions Synthesis Barium chlorate can be pr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20conference
The term Open conference (or "openconference") is a derivative of the adjective "opensource", and its meaning is similarly based on the ideas of public access and community development found in the open source culture and OpenCourseWare movements. "Conference" in this sense is used to indicate an academic or professio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20rankings%20of%20South%20Korea
The following are international rankings of South Korea. Economy Education Environment Health & Safety Note: In the case of statistics with potentially conflicting meanings, the rankings have been converted to reflect the same direction - Positive statistics rank higher, while negative statistics rank lower. Indu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interferon%20type%20I
The type-I interferons (IFN) are cytokines which play essential roles in inflammation, immunoregulation, tumor cells recognition, and T-cell responses. In the human genome, a cluster of thirteen functional IFN genes is located at the 9p21.3 cytoband over approximately 400 kb including coding genes for IFNα (IFNA1, IFNA...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STRIDE%20%28algorithm%29
In protein structure, STRIDE (Structural identification) is an algorithm for the assignment of protein secondary structure elements given the atomic coordinates of the protein, as defined by X-ray crystallography, protein NMR, or another protein structure determination method. In addition to the hydrogen bond criteria ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRPV1
The transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1), also known as the capsaicin receptor and the vanilloid receptor 1, is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the TRPV1 gene. It was the first isolated member of the transient receptor potential vanilloid receptor proteins that in turn are a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convection%20%28heat%20transfer%29
Convection (or convective heat transfer) is the transfer of heat from one place to another due to the movement of fluid. Although often discussed as a distinct method of heat transfer, convective heat transfer involves the combined processes of conduction (heat diffusion) and advection (heat transfer by bulk fluid flow...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shq1
Shq1p is a protein involved in the rRNA processing pathway. It was discovered by Pok Yang in the Chanfreau laboratory at UCLA. Depletion of Shq1p has led to decreased level of various H/ACA box snoRNAs (H/ACA box snoRNAs are responsible for pseuduridylation of pre-rRNA) and certain pre-rRNA intermediates. Background...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontogenesis
Frontogenesis is a meteorological process of tightening of horizontal temperature gradients to produce fronts. In the end, two types of fronts form: cold fronts and warm fronts. A cold front is a narrow line where temperature decreases rapidly. A warm front is a narrow line of warmer temperatures and essentially where ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOMNET
The TOMNET optimization Environment is a platform for solving applied optimization problems in Microsoft .NET. It makes it possible to use solvers like SNOPT, MINOS and CPLEX with one single model formulation. The solvers handle everything from linear programming and integer programming to global optimization. Externa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphism
An amorphism, in chemistry, crystallography and, by extension, to other areas of the natural sciences is a substance or feature that lacks an ordered form. In the specific case of crystallography, an amorphic material is one that lacks long range (significant) crystalline order at the molecular level. In the history of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrisystem
Nutrisystem is a commercial provider of weight loss products and services headquartered in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Company history Nutrisystem's initial product in 1972 was a liquid protein diet, but the company changed its offering after Slim-Fast came to prominence in that market. The company originally of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%2C2%2C4-Trichlorobenzene
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene is an organochlorine compound, one of three isomers of trichlorobenzene. It is a derivative of benzene with three chloride substituents. It is a colorless liquid used as a solvent for a variety of compounds and materials. Production and uses Depending on the conditions and additives (e.g., sulfu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic%20boundary%20conditions
Periodic boundary conditions (PBCs) are a set of boundary conditions which are often chosen for approximating a large (infinite) system by using a small part called a unit cell. PBCs are often used in computer simulations and mathematical models. The topology of two-dimensional PBC is equal to that of a world map of so...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABCD%20%28film%29
ABCD is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Saravana Subbiah. The film starred Shaam, Nandana, Sneha, and Aparna. Plot Anand, an MBA-chartered accountant, runs in search of a job. He stays in the house of an old Brahmin whose daughter Chandra returns home following the death of her husband, who had b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion%20%28taxonomy%29
The legion, in biological classification, is a non-obligatory taxonomic rank within the Linnaean hierarchy sometimes used in zoology. Taxonomic rank In zoological taxonomy, the legion is: subordinate to the class superordinate to the cohort. consists of a group of related orders Legions may be grouped into superlegi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichlorobenzene
Trichlorobenzene (TCB) may refer to any of three isomeric chlorinated derivatives of benzene with the molecular formula C6H3Cl3. Trichlorobenzenes are man-made chemical compounds that occur in three different forms. Even though the forms have the same molecular weight and molecular formulae, they are structurally diffe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGFA
TGFA may refer to: Tanzania Government Flight Agency, an executive agency of Tanzania that provides VIP flight service TGF alpha, a human protein
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion%20in%20Transnistria
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria) official statistics show that 91 percent of the Transnistrian population adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, with 4 percent adhering to the Catholic Church. Roman Catholics are mainly located in Northern Transnistria, where a notable Polish minority is living. Tran...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death-associated%20protein%206
Death-associated protein 6 also known as Daxx is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DAXX gene. Function Daxx, a Death domain-associated protein, was first discovered through its cytoplasmic interaction with the classical death receptor Fas. It has been associated with heterochromatin and PML-NBs (Promyelocyt...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetany
Tetany or tetanic seizure is a medical sign consisting of the involuntary contraction of muscles, which may be caused by disorders that increase the action potential frequency of muscle cells or the nerves that innervate them. Muscle cramps caused by the disease tetanus are not classified as tetany; rather, they are d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysophosphatidic%20acid
A lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a phospholipid derivative that can act as a signaling molecule. Function LPA acts as a potent mitogen due to its activation of three high-affinity G-protein-coupled receptors called LPAR1, LPAR2, and LPAR3 (also known as EDG2, EDG4, and EDG7). Additional, newly identified LPA receptor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosin%20ATPase
Myosin ATPase () is an enzyme with systematic name ATP phosphohydrolase (actin-translocating). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction ATP + H2O ADP + phosphate ATP hydrolysis provides energy for actomyosin contraction. See also Myosin References External links EC 3.6.4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraction%20alkalosis
Contraction alkalosis refers to the increase in blood pH that occurs as a result of fluid losses (volume contraction). The change in pH is especially pronounced with acidic fluid losses caused by problems like vomiting. Pathophysiology There are several possible explanations for the process of alkalosis observed after...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MYL9
Myosin regulatory light polypeptide 9 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYL9 gene. Function Myosin, a structural component of muscle, consists of two heavy chains and four light chains. The protein encoded by this gene is a myosin light chain that may regulate muscle contraction by modulating the ATPase ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad%20Dash%20Racing
Mad Dash Racing is a racing video game for the Xbox developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released as a launch title in November 2001. The video game features the voices of Billy West and Charles Martinet. Plot On a little island known as Trem Land, a crazed wizard named Hex plans to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crinivirus
Crinivirus, formerly the lettuce infectious yellows virus group, is a genus of viruses, in the family Closteroviridae. They are linear, single-stranded positive sense RNA viruses (and are therefore group IV). There are 14 species in this genus. Diseases associated with this genus include: yellowing and necrosis, partic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peroxiredoxin
Peroxiredoxins (Prxs, ; HGNC root symbol PRDX) are a ubiquitous family of antioxidant enzymes that also control cytokine-induced peroxide levels and thereby mediate signal transduction in mammalian cells. The family members in humans are PRDX1, PRDX2, PRDX3, PRDX4, PRDX5, and PRDX6. The physiological importance of pero...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurophysin%20II
Neurophysin II is a carrier protein with a size of 19,687.3 Da and is made up of a dimer of two virtually identical chains of amino acids. Neurophysin II is a cleavage product (formed by splitting of a compound molecule into a simpler one) of the AVP gene. It is a neurohypophysial hormone that is transported in vesicle...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylogenetic%20footprinting
Phylogenetic footprinting is a technique used to identify transcription factor binding sites (TFBS) within a non-coding region of DNA of interest by comparing it to the orthologous sequence in different species. When this technique is used with a large number of closely related species, this is called phylogenetic shad...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy%20video%20car
The Spy Video Car is a hybrid product created by mixing a traditional RC car and a video baby monitor. The remote controller communicates digital command via the 49 MHz frequency to the car for control, and the camera on the car transmits video via the 2.4 GHz frequency to the remote controller for display. Because bo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth%20hormone-binding%20protein
Growth hormone-binding protein (GHBP) is a soluble carrier protein for growth hormone (GH). The full range of functions of GHBP remains to be determined however, current research suggests that the protein is associated with regulation of the GH availability and half-life in the circulatory system, as well as modulati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octamer%20transcription%20factor
Octamer transcription factors are a family of transcription factors which binds to the "ATTTGCAT" DNA sequence. Their DNA-binding domain is a POU domain. There are eight Octamer proteins in humans (Oct1–11), which have been renamed according to the different classes of POU domain. Octamer-3/4, also known as POU5F1, is...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oct-2
Oct-2 (octamer-binding protein 2) also known as POU domain, class 2, transcription factor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the POU2F2 gene. Oct-2 is an octamer transcription factor which is a member of the POU family. References External links POU-domain proteins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuong%20Nguyen-Huu
Xuong Nguyen-Huu (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Hữu Xương; born in 1933 in Vietnam) is a pioneer of protein crystallography technology. His research focuses on the development of novel methods, such as protein crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy, for the determination of protein structures and biological macromolecules. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomedian
In statistics, the pseudomedian is a measure of centrality for data-sets and populations. It agrees with the median for symmetric data-sets or populations. In mathematical statistics, the pseudomedian is also a location parameter for probability distributions. Description The pseudomedian of a distribution is define...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haloxazolam
Haloxazolam (marketed in Japan under the brand name Somelin), is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It has similar hypnotic properties as the benzodiazepine drugs triazolam, temazepam, and flunitrazepam and as such is indicated for the treatment of insomnia. A study in cats comparing estazolam and haloxazolam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprazepam
Cyprazepam is a drug which is a sedative-hypnotic benzodiazepine derivative. It has anxiolytic properties, and presumably also has hypnotic, skeletal muscle relaxant, anticonvulsant and amnestic properties. Synthesis The lactam moiety in benzodiazepams is active towards nucleophiles and numerous analogues have been ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrow%20Yannet%20diagram
A Darrow Yannet diagram is a schematic used in physiology to identify how the volumes of extracellular fluid and intracellular fluid alter in response to conditions such as adrenal insufficiency and SIADH. It was developed in 1934 by Daniel C. Darrow and Herman Yannet, pediatricians from the Department of Pediatrics, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged-helix%20transcription%20factors
Consisting of about 110 amino acids, the domain in winged-helix transcription factors (see Regulation of gene expression) has four helices and a two-strand beta-sheet. These proteins are classified into 19 families called FoxA-FoxS. Mutations in FoxP proteins are implicated in human autoimmune diseases. See also...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug%20Power
Plug Power Inc. is an American company engaged in the development of hydrogen fuel cell systems that replace conventional batteries in equipment and vehicles powered by electricity. The company is headquartered in Latham, New York, and has facilities in Spokane, Washington, and Rochester, New York. Plug Power's GenDri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decathlon%20scoring%20tables
The scoring tables for the decathlon have undergone continual evolution since their inception about a century ago, with several changes to both the character of the equations and the indices on which the equations are based. Early decathlon tables All of the earliest attempts at formalizing decathlon scoring, from t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20law%20enforcement%20agencies%20in%20Alabama
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Alabama. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 417 law enforcement agencies employing 11,631 sworn police officers, about 251 for each 100,000 residents. State Agencies A...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20law%20enforcement%20agencies%20in%20Alaska
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Alaska. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 50 law enforcement agencies employing 1,298 sworn police officers, about 189 for each 100,000 residents. State agencies Alaska D...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20law%20enforcement%20agencies%20in%20Arizona
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Arizona. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 141 law enforcement agencies employing 14,591 sworn police officers, about 224 for each 100,000 residents. State agencies Arizo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20law%20enforcement%20agencies%20in%20Arkansas
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Arkansas. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 237 law enforcement agencies employing 6,779 sworn police officers, about 236 for each 100,000 residents. State agencies Arkan...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20law%20enforcement%20agencies%20in%20California
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, California had 509 law enforcement agencies employing 79,431 sworn peace officers, about 217 for each 100,000 residents. State agencies California Department of Justice California Department of Justice Special ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20law%20enforcement%20agencies%20in%20Colorado
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Colorado. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 246 law enforcement agencies employing 12,069 sworn police officers, about 245 for each 100,000 residents. State agencies ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20law%20enforcement%20agencies%20in%20Connecticut
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Connecticut. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 143 law enforcement agencies employing 8,281 sworn police officers, about 236 for each 100,000 residents. State agencies Co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20law%20enforcement%20agencies%20in%20Delaware
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Delaware. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 49 law enforcement agencies employing 2,131 sworn police officers, about 243 for each 100,000 residents. State agencies Delaw...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20law%20enforcement%20agencies%20in%20the%20District%20of%20Columbia
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the District of Columbia. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the District has six local law enforcement agencies employing 4,262 sworn police officers, about 722 for each 100,000 residents. This is the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20law%20enforcement%20agencies%20in%20Florida
This is a list of Law Enforcement Agencies in the state of Florida. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2018 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 373 law enforcement agencies employing 47,177 sworn police officers, about 222 for each 100,000 residents. Federal Agencies The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20law%20enforcement%20agencies%20in%20Georgia
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 628 law enforcement agencies employing 26,551 sworn police officers, about 274 for each 100,000 residents. Georgia also host...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20law%20enforcement%20agencies%20in%20Hawaii
This is a list of law enforcement agencies located in Hawaii. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 7 law enforcement agencies employing 3,234 sworn police officers, about 251 for each 100,000 residents. State agencies Hawaii Divisio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauna%20of%20Nicaragua
The fauna of Nicaragua is characterized by a very high level of biodiversity. Much of Nicaragua's wildlife lives in protected areas. There are currently 78 protected areas in Nicaragua, covering more than , or about 17% of its landmass. These protected areas encompass a wide variety of habitats, including rainforests,...