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Ulna

...he forearm of tetrapod s. The ulna articulates proximal ly with the humerus and distal ly with the carpals. Covered in Lab 13 Animal Diversity III ... Full article >>> Hinge joints, such as the elbow (between the humerus and the ulna ). These joints act like a door hinge, allowing f...

Translation

...d by either the first downstream AUG or by a 5' proximal AUG with a consensus sequence surrounding it (like the bacteria l Shine- Dalgarno ... Full article >>> Cell Biology Animations: DNA -structure, replication , transcription , and translation DNA - RNA - Protein Synthesis (...

Tibia

...mere of an insect or acarine leg that articulates proximal ly with the femur in insects and patella in acarines and distal ly with the tarsus in insects or with the metatarsus or tarsus in acarines. Full article >>> tibia The anterior of the two long bones articulating in the hind limb...

Tertiary Structure

... (for example, the membrane distal and membrane proximal domain s of an MHC molecule ). Dominance ... Full article >>> In DNA it refers to the separation of the two component strand s caused by the breaking of the hydrogen bond s. In proteins , it refers to disruptions in the seconda...

Survival

...yo nic development and survival has been mapped proximal to the pink-eyed dilution (p) gene in mouse chromosome 7. Full article >>> If you look at the survival statistics, typically people who are diagnosed at stage one cancer have 90% survival over five to ten years. Whereas peopl...

Site

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Segment

...: the segment of the human kidney after the proximal tubule. lungs : the organ where oxygen diffuses into the blood to join with hemoglobin in the red blood cells . Full article >>> A DNA segment composed of repeated sequence s linked end to end. Conjugation . The joining ...

Proximal

...stal : Towards the bottom of your feet. Thus, the proximal end of the femur would be the head which joins ...with the tibia . Full article >>> proximal tubule The winding section of the renal tubule where most re absorption of water, sodium, amino...

Morphology

.... Portions of vein 4 were frequently missing, but proximal vein 4, usually visible, was never fused with vein 3 (Fig 1B). Full article >>> " So, in collaboration with others, we looked at where one of the homeotic genes-ultrabi thorax -was express ed in different species of crustacea ns a...

Loop of Henle

...: the segment of the human kidney after the proximal tubule. lungs : the organ where oxygen diffu...62; loop of Henle A U-shaped loop between the proximal and distal tubules in the kidney . lungfish A type of lobe-finned fish that breathe by a modifie...

Long

...heat. loop of Henle A U-shaped loop between the proximal and distal tubules in the kidney . Full article >>> Long -Term Potentiation In LTP, neuron s continue to fire at an elevated rate, even though the stimulus has returned to normal. View QuickTime Movie LTP Mechanisms ... Full ...

Liver

...: the segment of the human kidney after the proximal tubule. Full article >>> Liver diseases Jaundice occurs when the character istic yellow tint to the skin is caused by excess hemoglobin breakdown products in the blood, a sign that the liver is not properly functioning. Full a...

Intestine

...ant at the brush border membranes of kidney proximal tubule cells and epithelial cells of the intestine , and are also express ed in certain leucocyte s and cancer cells . Full article >>> Escherichia coli (usually abbreviated to E. coli) is one of the main species of bac...

Homozygosity

...homozygosity strategies to induce mutation s in proximal chromosome 7 ( human 19q homology ), mid- chromosome 7 ( human 15q homology ), and mid-to- distal chromosome 15 ( human 8q, 22q, and 12q homologies ). Full article >>> where u is the mutation rate, and Ne is the effectiv...

Femur

... or the third segment of an insect leg from the proximal (near) end Source: Noland, George B. 1983. Genera... an insect or acarine leg fixed to the trochanter proximal ly and articulating with the tibia distal ly in insects and with the patella in acarines. Full a...

Ecosystems

...ogical trait must have two components. First, a proximal explanation -- how does it work? Full article >>> Such ecosystems form nested communities or heterarchies, in which homeostasis at one level, contributes to homeostatic processes at another holonic level. Full article >>&...

Ecosystem

...ogical trait must have two components. First, a proximal explanation -- how does it work? Full article >>> Agro ecosystem : A relatively artificial ecosystem in an agricultural field, pasture, or orchard. Antenna, Antennae (pl.): A pair of sensory organ s located on the head of an insect...

Domain

... (for example, the membrane distal and membrane proximal domain s of an MHC molecule ). Dominance ... Full article >>> a domain needed for the receptor to activate the promoter s of the genes being controlled the zinc-finger domain needed for DNA binding (to the response elemen...

Distal

... The distal convoluted tubule is similar to the proximal convoluted tubule in structure and function. Ful...tal tubule The distal tubule is similar to the proximal tubule. Salt is pumped out and water follows by osmosis . After travelling through the distal tu...

Centimorgans

Less than 1 Mbp from the proximal boundary of this segment is another cluster of eight loci that comprise 21 centimorgans of mouse chromosome 16. Full article >>> If one maps in small intervals from one end of a chromosome to the other, the total number of...

Centimorgan

...rticle >>> Less than 1 Mbp from the proximal boundary of this segment is another cluster of eight loci that comprise 21 centimorgan s of mouse chromosome 16. Full article >>> The time of trans fer is a measure of distance of bacteria l genes from the origin and fr...

Cecum

...re fermentation can occur. It is located at the proximal end of the large intestine . Full article >>> Cecum dead-end pouch at the beginning of the large intestine (cec = blind) Cellular Respiration the process which occurs within mitochondria in which cells use oxygen to burn ...

Cap site

...d by either the first downstream AUG or by a 5' proximal AUG with a consensus sequence ... Full article >>>...

Brush border

...ant at the brush border membranes of kidney proximal tubule cells and epithelial cells of the intestine , and are also express ed in certain leucocyte s and cancer cells . Full article >>> The oligosaccharidases responsible for the further digestion of the starch derivativ...

AP-1

...ion of c-fos, which binds to MMP promoter s at a proximal activator protein -1 ( AP-1 ) site . This markedly up-regulates transcription and leads to higher levels of active MMP proteins . Full article >>>...

AP site

...d by either the first downstream AUG or by a 5' proximal AUG with a consensus sequence ... Full article >>> Continuation of repair requires one of several AP endonuclease s that cleave the 5' phosphodiester bond of the AP site . Additional enzymes remove the 5' or 3' remnant before...