Immuno
suppression is the treatment of the patient with agents that inhibit the
immune response. Presently the major players are:
Purine analogs ...
Full article >>>Suppression of the
immune system is often used to control autoimmune disorders or inflammation when this causes excessive
tissue damage, and to prevent
transplant rejection after an
organ transplant.
Full article >>>SuppressionThe restoration (or partial restoration) of a
wild-type phenotype by a second
mutation. There are many different mechanisms of
suppression (see the supplemental resources ...
Full article >>>The
suppression of a
gene by the effect of an unrelated (
epistatic)
gene. See hypostasis.
Related Terms:
Gene ...
Full article >>>Given the many levels of posttranscriptional regulation of Ci activity, in particular the Hh-dependent
suppression of
cleavage that alters the balance between
repressor (cleaved) and activator (uncleaved) forms, ...
Full article >>>It is also hypothesized that components of
semen, such as the
spermatozoa as well as the seminal
plasma, can cause immuno
suppression in the body when introduced to the bloodstream or
lymph.
Full article >>>What drove this
suppression of XY
recombination? We don't absolutely know for sure, but we suspect that [there was] a series of
inversions of big chunks of
DNA on the Y
chromosome.
Full article >>>A pest management strategy that focuses on
long-term prevention or
suppression of pest problems through a combination of techniques such as encouraging biological control, use of resistant varieties, ...
Full article >>>Natural control: The
suppression of pest
populations by naturally occurring biological and
environmental agents.
Natural enemies: Living
organisms found in nature that kill, weaken, or reduce the reproductive potential of other
organisms.
Full article >>>*Parallel Triplex Formation as Possible Approach for
Suppression of
DNAViruses
Reproduction V.L. Florentiev, A.K. Shchyolkina, I.A. Il'icheva, E.N. Timofeev, and S.Yu Tsybenko
Engelhardt Institute of
Molecular Biology; Russian ...
Full article >>>In the 1880s, the rise of French national sentiment (via universal military service and national education) encouraged the
suppression of regional differences and local languages and dialects; by 1910, 90% of the French
population understood French, ...
Full article >>>: Lethal
mutations in different genes on the same pair of
chromosomes that remain in
repulsion because of close
linkage or
crossover suppression.
In a closed
population, only the
trans-heterozygotes (l1 + / + l2) for the lethal
mutations survive.
Full article >>>Time-release
capsules (Nor
plant) can be implanted under the skin and offer
long-term
suppression of
ovulation. RU-486, the so-called morning after pill, interferes with implantation of the
blastula into the uterine wall.
Full article >>>The resulting truncated
protein acts as a
repressor of
transposition. In germ
cells, removal of the
intron is allowed. The active
transposase is made. This is an example of regulation by differential splice
site suppression .
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