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Connexon
A special type of protein composed of an assembly of six subunits that are called connexins. A connexon of one cell is joined to that of an adjacent cell to form an intercellular channel consisting of 12 connexin subunits. Clusters of…
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- LAC encephalitis LaCrosse encephalitis, one of the main types of encephalitis caused by an arbovirus in the US. An arbovirus…
- Retinoid Retinol is vitamin A. Carotene compounds (found, for example, in egg yolk, butter and cream) are gradually…
- Cortisol The primary stress hormone. Cortisol is the major natural GLUCOCORTICOID (GC) in humans
- Endometritis Inflammation of the endometrium. The endometrium is the inner layer of the womb (uterus)
- Mycobacterium chelonae A type of bacteria related to that which causes tuberculosis and which is commonly found in soil and…
- Disaster supplies kit Items stored in case of emergency, such as a prolonged power outage, earthquake, or flood. You and your…
- Pathological hoarding Excessive hoarding of material goods, a condition that affects up to 40% of people with obsessive compulsive…
- Diabulimia Patients with type 1 diabetes attempt to control body weight by minimizing insulin dosages. Since insulin…
- Typhus, murine An acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder than, epidemic…
- RBC Short for red blood cells, the cells that carry oxygen and carbon dioxide through the blood. This rather…
- Wolhynia fever Fever: Also known as trench fever, a disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of…