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White blood cells

... in the inflammatory and immune response s and in allergic reactions. lichen (ly-ken) ... Full article >>> Cancer of the developing blood cell s in the bone marrow. Leukemia leads to rampant overproduction of white blood cells ( leukocytes ); symptoms usually include anemia, fever, enla...

Responsiveness

...rgen - An allergen is any substance that causes an allergic re action . Full article >>> The transcription factor s that turn genes on and off to guide the differentiation of the cell and its later responsiveness to signals reaching it are proteins . and many more — proteins ar...

Mucosa

...cal environment . Full article >>> allergic rhinitis (hay fever) in which airborne allergens react with IgE-sensitized mast cells in the nasal mucosa and the tissue s around the eyes; ... Full article >>> A female sex hormone secreted by the corpus luteum that, in conju...

Macromolecules

...les (e.g., shell fish proteins that trigger an allergic response in susceptible people) ... Full article >>> The study of macromolecules important in biological inheritance Forward and reverse genetics screens RNA interference Gene knockout ... Full article >>> Th...

Insulin

...f slaughtered cattle and pigs. It sometimes caused allergic reactions. Tissue plasminogen activator dissolves blood clots in heart attack victims. Full article >>> A disease associated with the absence or reduced levels of insulin , a hormone essential for the trans port of glucose to...

Basophils

...sophils : the white blood cells that function in allergic responses. bicuspid (mitral) valve: the valve that leads into the left ventricle of the human heart . binomial name: the scientific name of an organ ism, which contains two elements . Full article >>> Basophils The number of...

Bases

...sophils : the white blood cells that function in allergic responses. bicuspid (mitral) valve: the valve that leads into the left ventricle of the human heart . Full article >>> Bases are substances that combine with hydrogen ions, thus lowering the concentration of hydrogen ions. NaO...

Bark

...sophils : the white blood cells that function in allergic responses. Full article >>> bark The living tissue outside the vascular cambium in a woody stem . It is composed of phloem tissue s, which occur as living inner and dead outer zones. Full article >>> inner bar...

Antibodies

...in E; specific class of antibodies involved in allergic reactions; individuals who suffer from allergies have elevated levels of these antibodies . Full article >>> One of the class of proteins comprising the antibodies . imprinting A type of learned behavior with a significant inna...

Allele frequency

...ortion of a particular allele in a population . allergic re action ... Full article >>> 115. Allele Frequency Estimation from Sequence Trace Data Mahairas, G.G. 65. Character ization of a BAC Clone Resource for Human Genomic Sequencing : Ana lysis of 150 Mb of Human STCs and Im...

Allele

...ortion of a particular allele in a population . allergic re action ... Full article >>> allele Alternative forms of genes coding for the same trait ; situated at the same locus in homologous chromosomes . allelopathy The release of chemicals by certain plant s that inhibit the growth...

Allantois

...ymorphisms ] AllergenAn antigen that provokes an allergic response. Full article >>> Concepts in developmental biology allantois , amnion , blastocyst , blastomere , blastula , blastula tion , chorion, chrysalis, cleavage , ectoderm , embryo , embryo genesis, embryo geny , embry...