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Polyubiquitination
The binding of many ubiquitin molecules to the same target protein. Polyubiquitination of proteins is the triggering signal that leads to degradation of the protein in the proteasome. It is polyubiquitination that constitutes the 'kiss of…
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- Muscular dystrophy, Becker A form of muscular dystrophy that is quite similar to Duchenne muscular dystrophy, except that patients with…
- FET1 See: ETM1
- Medicare >'senior citizens' -- people 65 years of age or older, >certain younger people with specific disabilities…
- Agnosia The inability to recognize and identify objects or persons despite having knowledge of the characteristics of…
- Quinquagenarian Someone in his or her fifties. See also: Age by decade
- African trypanosomiasis See: African sleeping sickness
- Will, living A living will is one form of advance medical directive. Advance medical directives pertain to treatment…
- Antihistamines Drugs that combat the histamine released during an allergic reaction by blocking the action of the histamine…
- Fever, rheumatic An illness that occurs following a streptococcus infection (such as a 'strep throat') or scarlet fever and…
- Cervix The cervix is the lower, narrow part of the uterus (womb). The uterus, a hollow, pear-shaped organ, is…
- GOLD The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD), a collaborative project of the US National…