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Zinc finger
A finger-shaped fold in a protein that permits it to interact with DNA and RNA. The fold is created by the binding of specific amino acids in the protein to a zinc atom. Zinc-finger proteins regulate the expression of genes as well as…
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Show more- Primary amebic meningoencephalitis A rare, but fatal infection of the central nervous system caused by Naegleria fowleri, an ameba that inhabits…
- FCC In medicine, familial colorectal cancer (not the Federal Communications Commission)
- Sentinel node biopsy See: Sentinel lymph node biopsy
- Superaspirin A class of drugs that act in certain but not all ways like aspirin. Also known as Cox-2 inhibitors, these…
- Ductus A duct or walled passageway suitable for the conveyance of air or, more often in the body, liquids. The term…
- Physiologic stress test Stress test: Although there can be a diversity of physiologic stress tests, this refers here to a physiologic…
- Race-based medication See: Race-based drug
- Itch, seabather's An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…
- Fibrillin 1 See: FBN1
- Rate, mortality A death rate. There are a number of different types of mortality rates as, for examples, the following: >…
- Yellow fever An acute systemic (bodywide) illness caused by a virus called a Flavivirus. In severe cases, the viral…
- ROMA Representational oligonucleotide microarray analysis. A method for the detection of genomic aberrations…