Virus
... virologists . Often, this effort is undertaken by
state and national governments and shared internationally through organizations like WHO . Prevention and treatment of viral diseases Because they use the machinery of their host cells, viruses are difficult to kill. The most effective medical appro...
Vestibular system
...147 Comment: A book for experts, summarizing the
state of the art in our understanding of the balance system Vertigo : Its Multisensory Syndromes Thomas BrandtSpringer-Verlag (2003) ISBN 0387405003 Comment: For clinicians, and other professionals working with dizzy patients....
Trait
...n order to maintain their overall elevated energy
state . Genetic origin of traits in diploid organisms The heritable unit that may produce a trait is called a gene . A gene is a strand of DNA that is part of a very long and compacted string of DNA called a chromosome . An important referen...
Thermoregulation
... This process is known as homeostasis : a dynamic
state of stability between an animal's internal environm...s; it is, in fact, narcotized by cold, and is in a
state of what may be called "artificial hibernation." Once again this is explained by the fact that the he...
Tertiary structure
...gical role inside a cell is known as the native
state or sometimes the native conformation . A protein assumes tertiary structure by " folding ". An important type of chemical bond involved in stabilizing the tertiary structure of many proteins is the disulfide bond . One goal of bioinformatics ...
Systems biology
...racterise the particular stateof interest. Such a
state might be a particular disease, for example. Theoverall system is successively decomposed into subsystems until a level ofdescription has been reached in which the subsystems may be understood to anappropriate degree. This might require investigatio...
Stem cell
...research in the US will potentially develop at the
state level, especially in California, due to the passin...ifornia voted in Nov. 2004 to create a $3 billion
state taxpayer-funded institute for stem cell research, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicin...
Species
...r criteria are met). There is no universal rule to
state the smallest allowable difference between two species, but in general, very trivial differences are ignored on the twin grounds of simple practicality, and genetic similarity: if two population groups are so close that the distinction between them re...
Rudolf Steiner
...ry level, should be provided for by private and|or
state scholarships that a family could direct to the school of its choice. Steiner was a supporter of educational freedom, but was flexible, and understood that a few legal restrictions on schools (such as health and safety laws), provided they were kept ...
Reduction
...e reverse of oxidation, i.e. the formal oxidation
state of an atom (independent or within a molecule ) is reduced by the addition of electrons . A reduced gas is thus hydrogen -rich. In philosophy , reduction is the process of explaining a particular phenomenon or subject matter in ter...
Redox
...ndria perform similar functions. The term redox
state is often used to describe the balance of NAD + /N...ological system such as a cell or organ. The redox
state is reflected in the balance of several sets of metabolites (e.g., lactate and pyruvate , beta-hyd...
Recombination
...chemistry and electrical engineering , it is the
state in which the hydrogen and oxygen gases form within the battery cell during charging are recombined to form water. In cosmology , the event during which electrons became bound to nuclei . After recombination, ambient photons were n...
Protein
... a protein naturally folds is known as its native
state , which is determined by its sequence of amino aci...d. They may only exist in their active, or native
state , in a small range of pH values and under solution conditions with a minimum quantity of electrol...
Prion
...nvert the non-prion form of the protein to a prion
state after compatible colonies have merged. However, when an incompatible colony tries to merge with a prion-containing colony, the prion causes the "invader" cells to die, ensuring that only related colonies obtain the benefit of sharing resources [1] ....
Population genetics
...nary process and are in reality functions of the
state variables in the other domain. The "sleight of hand" is assuming that we know this mapping, and it is certainly true that it is sufficient to proceed as if we do understand it, to analyze many cases of interest. For example, if the phenotype is alm...
Photon
...perties 2.1 Creation 2.2 Spin 2.3 Quantum
state 2.4 Molecular absorption 3 State in a vacuu...larized on account of their unit spin. Quantum
state Even visible light is commonly encountered in quantum states which are not "pure" photons but com...
Redox
...ndria perform similar functions. The term redox
state is often used to describe the balance of NAD + /N...ological system such as a cell or organ. The redox
state is reflected in the balance of several sets of metabolites (e.g., lactate and pyruvate , beta-hyd...
Osmosis
...ure exerted by the cell wall , creating a steady
state . In fact, osmotic pressure is the main cause of support in plant leaves. When a plant cell is placed in a solution higher in solutes than inside the cell osmosis out of the cell occurs. The water in the cell moves to an area higher in solute con...
Nutrition
...d. Study in this field must take into account the
state of the animal before ingestion and after digest...y finding the difference between the pre ingestion
state and the post digestion state. The effect may only be discernible after an extended period of time ...
Molecular phylogeny
...DNA barcode External links A summary of the
state of the art at Gary Olsen's Molecular Phylogeny website...
Mitochondrion
...proliferation Regulation of the cellular redox
state Heme synthesis Steroid synthesis Heat production (enabling the organism to stay warm) Some mitochondrial functions are performed only in specific types of cells. For example, mitochondria in liver cells contain enzymes that allow them to ...
Mitochondrion
...proliferation Regulation of the cellular redox
state Heme synthesis Steroid synthesis Heat production (enabling the organism to stay warm) Some mitochondrial functions are performed only in specific types of cells. For example, mitochondria in liver cells contain enzymes that allow them to ...
Meiosis
...nd meiosis II . It starts with a cell in the same
state as does a mitotic division. However, the alignment of chromosomes for prophase is different. Homologous chromosomes join into tetrads (so called because each tetrad contains four chromatids), and the tetrads line up on the metaphase plane . C...
Liver
...r becomes the ligamentum venosum . In the disease
state of cirrhosis and portal hypertension , the umbilical vein can open up again. Physiology The various functions of the liver are carried out by the liver cells or hepatocytes . The liver produces and excretes bile required for food dige...
Lambda phage
... The DNA of the prophage that is expressed in that
state codes for proteins that look out for signs of st...ns. The lambda phage will remain in the lysogenic
state if cI proteins predominate, but will be transformed into the lytic cycle if cro proteins predomina...
Kinetic energy
... Definition the words in the above equation
state that the kinetic energy ( E k ) is equal to the integral of the dot product of the velocity ( v ) of a body and the infinitesimal of the body's momentum ( p ). Newtonian mechanics For non-relativistic mechanics, the total kinetic ener...
Human Genome Project
...nowledge of human anatomy has been for the present
state of medicine". Though leaders had already been considering technologies required for such an undertaking at least as early as 1985 2 . Eight years after the HGP was being initiated, an identical quest was initiated separately with private venture ...
Homeostasis
...intracellular fluid . The maintenance of a steady
state in these fluids is essential to living things as the lack of it harms the genetic material. With regard to any parameter , an organism may be a conformer or a regulator . Regulators try to maintain the parameter at a constant level, regardless ...
Heterozygote
...chromosomes . Heterozygosity refers to both the
state of being a heterozygote, but more commonly in population genetics to the fraction of individuals in a population that are heterozygous for that locus. The effect of heterozygosity depends on the protein product coded for by the gene in question. I...
Ploidy
...issegregation . Polyploidy Polyploidy is the
state where all cells have multiple pairs of chromosomes beyond the basic set. Polyploidy is common in plants, and rare in animals....
Gene regulatory network
...oceeding in discrete steps. At each step, the new
state of a node is a boolean function of the prior states of the nodes with arrows pointing towards it. The validity of the model can be tested by comparing simulation results with time series observations. See also Operon Systems biology ...
Flagellum
...f the cell. The direction at the end of the tumble
state is random. The length of the run
state is extended when the bacteria moves through a favorable gradient. The bacterial flagellum is propo...
Fick's law of diffusion
...ck's First Law Fick's First Law is used in steady
state diffusion , i.e., when the concentration within t...econd Law Fick's Second Law is used in non-steady
state diffusion, i.e., when the concentration within the diffusion volume changes with respect to time. ...
Eugenics
...ruled in the 1927 Buck v. Bell case that the
state of Virginia could sterilize those they thought unfit. Between 1907 and 1963, the most significant era of eugenic sterilization , over 64,000 individuals were forcibly sterilized under eugenic legislation in the United States. A favorable report of...
Equilibrium
... sciences. In general, a system is said to be in a
state of equilibrium if all influences on the system are...cific examples are: Chemical equilibrium , the
state in which a chemical reaction proceeds at the same rate as its reverse reaction, resulting in no ne...
Epigenetics
...ussion. The epigenome is the overall epigenetic
state of a cell. As one embryo can generate a multitude of cell fates during development, one genome could be said to give rise to many epigenomes. Historical notes Some biologists at one time believed that genetics, which seemed to postulate a one-t...
Enzyme
...hus allowing the reaction to proceed to its steady
state or completion much faster than it otherwise would;...cular reaction (including net energy), once steady
state is reached, must always be identical, independent of the specific individual pathway taken from begi...
Warm-blooded
...le all day, so some organisms go into a controlled
state of hypothermia called hibernation , or torpor . This deliberately lowers the body temperature to conserve energy. In hot weather, endotherms expend considerable energy to avoid overheating: they may pant, sweat , lick, or seek shelter or water...
Endosymbiont
... of Symbiodinium in reef ecology and the current
state of research: FLEXIBILITY AND SPECIFICITY IN CORAL-ALGAL SYMBIOSIS: Diversity, Ecology, and Biogeography of Symbiodinium. Andrew C. Baker, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 2003 34, 661-689 Obligate bacterial endosymbionts i...
Endosymbiont
... of Symbiodinium in reef ecology and the current
state of research: FLEXIBILITY AND SPECIFICITY IN CORAL-ALGAL SYMBIOSIS: Diversity, Ecology, and Biogeography of Symbiodinium. Andrew C. Baker, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 2003 34, 661-689 Obligate bacterial endosymbionts i...
Diffusion
...names depending on the physical situation. Steady
state bi-molecular diffusion is governed by Fick's first law . Steady-state thermal diffusion is governed by Fourier's Law. Diffusion of electrons in an electrical field is essentially Ohm's law . In each, a flux (of atoms or energy or electrons) is...
Ploidy
...issegregation . Polyploidy Polyploidy is the
state where all cells have multiple pairs of chromosomes beyond the basic set. Polyploidy is common in plants, and rare in animals....
Diabetes mellitus
...athing (a rapid, deep breathing), and any altered
state of consciousness or arousal (hostility and mania are both possible, as is confusion and lethargy). The most dangerous form of altered consciousness is the so-called "diabetic coma" which produces unconsciousness. Early symptoms of impending diabetic ...
Charles Darwin
...nt , England, on 19 April 1882 and was given a
state funeral. William Spottiswoode , President of the Royal Society arranged for Darwin to be buried in Westminster Abbey near Isaac Newton , despite Darwin's wishes that he be buried in Downe. Views on religion See Charles Darwin's views ...
Capacitation
...ermatozoa: I. Correlation between the capacitation
state and protein tyrosine phosphorylation. Development 121 , 1129-1137. PMID 7743926 . full article text available on-line...
Brain
...mory-Prediction Framework Persistent vegetative
state Traumatic brain injury References Bear, M.F., B.W. Conners, and M.A. Paradisa. 2001. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. Baltimore: Lippincott. ISBN 0781739446 Butler, Ann B. 2000. "Chordate Evolution and the Origin of Craniates: An Ol...
Barbiturate
...entury. In moderate amounts, these drugs produce a
state of intoxication that is remarkably similar to alcohol intoxication . Symptoms include slurred speech, loss of motor coordination, and impaired judgment. Depending on the dose, frequency, and duration of use, one can rapidly develop tolerance , phys...
Barr body
...hromosome is always deactivated. The inactivation
state of chromosomes is passed on to daughter cells duri...lows downstream processes to establish the compact
state of the Barr body. These changes include histone modifications, such as histone H3 methylation an...
Artificial life
... had simplified Von Neumann's original twenty-nine
state monster to one with only eight states. He succeeded in creating the first self-replicating computer organism in October of 1979, using only a Apple II desktop computer. He entered Burks' graduate program at the Logic of Computers Group in 1982, a...
Allostery
...strate or otherwise), the equilibrium favors the T
state over the R state. To summarize: all subunits mu...n the same conformation equilibrium favors the T
state over the R
state The binding of substrate to one subunit causes all other subunits to assume the R...
Allostery
...strate or otherwise), the equilibrium favors the T
state over the R state. To summarize: all subunits mu...n the same conformation equilibrium favors the T
state over the R
state The binding of substrate to one subunit causes all other subunits to assume the R...
Alfred Russel Wallace
...ve an immortal soul or not, or whatever may be our
state after death, I can have no fear of having to suffer for the study of nature and the search for truth...." In 1864 , before Darwin had publicly addressed the subject—though others had—Wallace published a paper, The Origin of Human Races...
Alcohol
...mless or even beneficial, larger doses result in a
state known as drunkenness or intoxication and, depending on the dose and regularity of use, can cause acute respiratory failure or death and with chronic use can cause severe health problems, such as liver and brain damage. Other alcohols are subst...
Activation energy
...is termed chemical kinetics . The transition
state in a reaction is the point at which the original ... time. The energy required to reach the transition
state is equal to the activation for that reaction. Multi-stage reactions involve a number of transition p...