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Intervening sequence
Part of a gene that is initially transcribed from the DNA into the primary RNA transcript but then is excised (removed) from it when the so-called exxon sequences on either side of it are spliced together. Intervening sequences, which are…
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- Nervous system, central (CNS) That part of the nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord. The central nervous system (CNS)…
- ROMA Representational oligonucleotide microarray analysis. A method for the detection of genomic aberrations…
- Gene product The RNA or protein that results from the expression of a gene. The amount of gene product is a measure of the…
- Nurse practitioner A registered nurse (RN) who has completed an advanced training program in a medical specialty such as…
- Fever, Ebola virus A notoriously deadly virus that causes fearsome symptoms, the most prominent being high fever and massive…
- Biopsy, bone marrow See: Bone marrow biopsy
- Serratus anterior One of the serratus muscles of the back and thorax. The serrautus anterior originates from the lateral aspect…
- Meningitis, meningococcal Meningitis, meningococcal: Inflammation of the meninges (the membranes covering of the brain and spinal cord)…
- BMI calculation The British Medical Journal. The BMJ states that it "aims to help doctors everywhere practice better medicine…
- Broca's area An area of the cerebral motor cortex in the frontal lobe of the brain that is responsible for speech…
- Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome Abbreviated WHS. A chromosome disorder due to partial deletion of the short (p) arm of chromosome 4. It is…