serumliquid (
plasma) of blood that separates on clotting
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General
Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
Full article >>>Serum (Latin for "whey") may refer to:
Blood
plasma with its clotting factors removed.
Any clear bodily fluid, see serous fluid.
Full article >>>Serum is preferred for many tests as the anticoagulants in
plasma can sometimes interfere with the results. Different anticoagulants interfere with different tests; using
serum means the same sample can be used for many tests.
Full article >>>Serum sickness
Persistent infections
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Farmer's
Lung ...
Full article >>>serum:
plasma from which clotting
proteins have been removed.
sex chromosomes: one pair among the 23 pairs of
human chromosomes; the X and Y
chromosomes.
skeletal muscle: see
striated muscle.
Full article >>>Serum Ferritin Test: Shows the level of iron in the
liver.
Liver Biopsy: Procedure in which a needle is
inserted through the rib cage and abdominal cavity to obtain a sample of
liver tissue for testing ...
Full article >>>serum The liquid that separates from the blood after coagulation; blood
plasma from which fibrinogen has been removed. Also, the clear portion of a biological fluid separated from its particulate
elements.
Full article >>>A
serum protein that stimulates
cell division when it binds to its
cell-surface
receptor.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ...
Full article >>>serum - whey]. 1) In histology, the term is used to mean a serous membrane such as the
peritoneum,
pleura, and
pericardium. A serous membrane is composed of a layer of epithelium with a thin layer of connective
tissue. Synonym:
tunica serosa. 2) In ...
Full article >>>Transferrin is a
serum protein that carries iron.
Receptors for this
protein,
transferrin receptors (TfR), can appear on
liver cell surfaces. Regulation of TfR is important to the regulation of iron uptake and
metabolism.
Full article >>>A
serum protein that stimulates
cell division when it binds to its
cell-surface
receptor. Growth phase (curve). The
characteristic periods in the growth of a
bacterial
culture, as indicated by the shape of a graph of viable
cell number versus time.
Full article >>>hapto- bind to haptoglobin
serum protein which binds free
hemoglobin for
transport to the
liver and destruction Haworth perspective formulas A method for representing cyclic chemical structures (sugars) in
order to define the configuration around ...
Full article >>>Individuals with type A blood have
red blood cells with
antigen A on their surface and produce
antibodies against
antigen B in their blood
serum.
Full article >>>I believe that the real promise comes from looking in body fluids, probably
serum, for the
markers that
cancer cells emit, the
proteins that are present in
serum [that are]
characteristic of
cancer.
Full article >>>In
serum and in cerebrospinal fluid ApoE binds lipo
protein particles, which contain cholesterol esters, and is critical in the shuttling of cholesterol from
cell to
cell.
Full article >>>immunoglobulins - a group of
serum molecules produced by B
lymphocytes. Also known as
antibodiesinfection - growth of an
organism within the body ...
Full article >>>Differs from
polyclonal antibodies, which are mixed
populations of
antibody molecules such as may be present in a
serum specimen, within which many different individual
antibodies have different binding specificities.
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