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Recombinant clones
Clones containing recombinant DNA molecules.
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- Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria lose the crystal violet stain (and take the color of the red counterstain) in Gram's…
- Autoimmune hepatitis A disease in which the body's immune system attacks liver cells, causing inflammation of the liver…
- Sand, biliary Biliary sand is a term mostly used by surgeons when they remove the gallbladder to describe uncountable…
- Snort Take in a drug by inhalation. For example, snorting cocaine is inhaling cocaine powder through the nose where…
- BRCA1 A gene that normally acts to restrain the growth of cells in the breast but which, when mutated, predisposes…
- Subtelomeric Below the telomere, the end of a chromosome. For example, it has been reported that subtle subtelomeric…
- Oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia See: Goldenhar syndrome
- Audiology The study of hearing.
- Systole The time period when the heart is contracting. The period specifically during which the left ventricle of the…
- Pain, breast Pain in the breast or mammary gland, known medically as mastalgia. From the Greek masto-, breast + algos, pain