| other-directed | Pertaining to a person readily influenced by the attitudes of others. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| transferases (other substituted phosphate groups) | <enzyme> A class of enzymes that transfers substituted phosphate groups. Registry number: EC 2.7.8 (12 Dec 1998) |
| actinide elements | Those elements with atomic numbers 89 to 103, corresponding to the lanthanides in the Periodic Table. Synonym: actinide elements. Origin: actinium, first element of the series (05 Mar 2000) |
| alkaline earth elements | Those element's in the family Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Ra, the hydroxides of which are highly ionised and hence alkaline in water solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alu elements | <molecular biology> A set of closely related genetic sequences, each about 300 base pairs long, in the human genome. There are 500,000 to 600,000 copies widely dispersed among all 46 chromosomes: They act as markers for human DNA sequences, although their function in the genome is unknown. The DNA fragments containing the Alu elements are formed by digesting genomic DNA with the restriction endonuclease Alu I. (14 Nov 1997) |
| rare earth elements | Those elements with atomic numbers 57-71 which closely resemble one another chemically and were once difficult to separate from one another. Synonym: rare earth elements. Origin: Lanthanum, first element of the series (05 Mar 2000) |
| P elements | A class of transposable elements in Drosophila responsible for hybrid dysgenesis; utilised as tools for introducing genes into new locations in the genome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| copia elements | A mobile genetic element with retrovirus-like sequence organization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short interspersed elements | Repetitive sequences of DNA of about 300 base pairs in length that occur about every 3000-5000 bp in the genome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient | 1. Nourishing, affording nutriment. 2. A nutritious substance, food or a component of food. Origin: L. Nutriens (18 Nov 1997) |
| nutrient agar | A simple solid medium containing beef extract, peptone, agar, and water; used for growing many common heterotrophic bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient arteries of humerus | Origin, deep brachial; distribution, the medullary cavity of the humerus. Synonym: arteriae nutriciae humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient artery | <anatomy, artery> An artery of variable origin that supplies the medullary cavity of a long bone. Synonym: arteria nutricia, nutrient vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient artery of femur | One of two artery's, superior and inferior, arising from the first and third perforating arteries respectively (sometimes second and fourth). (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient artery of fibula | Origin, peroneal (fibular); distribution, fibula. Synonym: arteria nutriens fibulae. (05 Mar 2000) |