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RNA editing
The process in which messenger RNA (mRNA) is chemically modified ('edited') after it is synthesized (made) but before it is translated into protein
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Show more- Complement system A series of molecules that work together to perform many immune system functions. For example, the complement…
- Sylvius, aqueduct of A canal that communicates between the third and fourth ventricles in a system of four communicating cavities…
- Spit 1. As a noun: Popular term for sputum.2. As a verb: To eject sputum; to expectorate.See: Sputum
- Cardiopulmonary bypass Bypass of the heart and lungs as, for example, in open heart surgery. Blood returning to the heart is…
- Naprosyn See: Naproxen
- Substance, pressor See: Pressor substance
- Aortal Pertaining to the aorta, the largest artery in the body. Aortal is not often encountered (except in The New…
- Opiate agonist maintenance See: Methadone treatment program
- Crick-Brenner experiment An elegant and important experiment performed in 1961 by Francis Crick and Sydney Brenner. The experiment…
- Chronic myelocytic leukemia See: Chronic myelogenous leukemia
- Coronary insufficiency Insufficient blood flow through one or more coronary arteries
- Bayesian Pertaining to Thomas Bayes (1702-1761) and to probability methods based on Bayes theorem. As in Bayesian…