| calmative | Calming, quieting; allaying excitement; denoting such an agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Calmette test | Conjunctival reaction to tuberculin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Calmette, Leon | <person> French bacteriologist, 1863-1933. See: Bacille bilie de Calmette-Guerin, bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine, Calmette test, Calmette-Guerin bacillus, Calmette-Guerin vaccine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Calmette-Guerin bacillus | An attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used in the preparation of BCG vaccine that is used for immunization against tuberculosis and in cancer chemotherapy. Extracts of the bacterium have remarkable powers in stimulation of lymphocytes and leucocytes and are used in adjuvants. Synonym: Calmette-Guerin bacillus. Acronym: BCG Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Calmette-Guerin vaccine | <drug> Live attenuated vaccine for tuberculosis. For groups and health care workers in high endemic areas. Not to be given to individuals with HIV infection. (15 Nov 1997) |
| calmodulin | <protein> Ubiquitous and highly conserved calcium binding protein (17 kD) with four EF hand binding sites for calcium (3 in yeast). Ancestor of troponin C, leiotonin C and parvalbumin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| calmodulin-binding proteins | Proteins which bind calmodulin. They are found in many tissues and have a variety of functions including f-actin cross-linking properties, inhibition of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase and calcium and magnesium atpases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV kinase | <enzyme> Phosphorylates and activates cam-kinase iv; from brain Registry number: EC 2.7.10.- Synonym: cam-kinase iv kinase (26 Jun 1999) |