| MR | A special imaging technique used to image internal stuctures of the body, particularly the soft tissues. An MRI image is often superior to a normal X-ray image. It uses the influence of a large magnet to polarize hydrogen atoms in the tissues and then monitors the summation of the spinning energies within living cells. Images are very clear and are particularly good for soft tissue, brain and spinal cord, joints and abdomen. These scans may be used for detecting some cancers or for following their progress. Acronym: MRI (11 Nov 1997) |
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| MR angiography | Imaging of blood vessels using special MR sequences which enhance the signal of flowing blood and suppress that from other tissues. Synonym: magnetic resonance angiography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| MRC | <organisation> A UK Government funded body to promote the balanced development of medical and related biological research in the United Kingdom. It organises national clinical trials for the assessment of new treatment protocols for leukaemia and some of the related diseases. (05 Jan 1998) |
| MRCP | <abbreviation> Member of the Royal College of Physicians. (05 Mar 2000) |
| MRCS | <abbreviation> Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| MRCVS | <abbreviation> Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (of the United Kingdom). (05 Mar 2000) |
| MRF | See Materials recovery facility. (05 Dec 1998) |
| MRF 4 | <protein> Product of the muscle regulatory gene Myf 6. Synonym: muscle regulatory factor 4. (18 Nov 1997) |
| MRH | <abbreviation> Melanotropin-releasing hormone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| MRI | A special imaging technique used to image internal stuctures of the body, particularly the soft tissues. An MRI image is often superior to a normal X-ray image. It uses the influence of a large magnet to polarize hydrogen atoms in the tissues and then monitors the summation of the spinning energies within living cells. Images are very clear and are particularly good for soft tissue, brain and spinal cord, joints and abdomen. These scans may be used for detecting some cancers or for following their progress. Acronym: MRI (11 Nov 1997) |
| MRI scan | A special imaging technique used to image internal stuctures of the body, particularly the soft tissues. An MRI image is often superior to a normal X-ray image. It uses the influence of a large magnet to polarize hydrogen atoms in the tissues and then monitors the summation of the spinning energies within living cells. Images are very clear and are particularly good for soft tissue, brain and spinal cord, joints and abdomen. These scans may be used for detecting some cancers or for following their progress. Acronym: MRI (11 Nov 1997) |
| mRNA | <molecular biology> Single stranded RNA molecule that specifies the amino acid sequence of one or more polypeptide chains. This information is translated during protein synthesis when ribosomes bind to the mRNA. In prokaryotes, mRNA is normally formed by splicing a large primary transcript from a DNA sequence and protein synthesis starts while the mRNA is still being synthesised. Prokaryote mRNAs are usually very short lived (average t 1/2 is 5mins.). In contrast, in eukaryotes the primary transcripts (HnRNA) are synthesised in the nucleus and they are extensively processed to give the mRNA that is exported to the cytoplasm where protein synthesis takes place. This processing includes the addition of a 5' 5' linked 7 methyl guanylate cap at the 5' end and a sequence of adenylate groups at the 3' end, the poly A tail, as well as the removal of any introns and the splicing together of exons, only 10% of HnRNA leaves the nucleus. Eukaryote mRNAs are comparatively long lived with a half life ranging from 30minutes to 24 hours. (27 Jun 1999) |
| mRNA (2'-O-methyladenosine-N6-)-methyltransferase | <enzyme> Involved in capping mRNA Registry number: EC 2.1.1.62 Synonym: mRNA n(6)-adenosine methyltransferase, mra methyltransferase, RNA(2'-o-methyladenosine-n(6)-)methyltransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| mRNA (guanine(N7))-methyltransferase | <enzyme> Catalyses s-adenosyl-l-methionine and g(5')pppr-RNA to yield s-adenosyl-l-homocysteine and m(7)g(5')pppr-RNA; mRNA containing an n(7)-methylguanine cap Registry number: EC 2.1.1.56 Synonym: mRNA (guanine-7-)methyltransferase, mRNA(guanine-7-)methyltransferase, RNA (guanine-7) methyltransferase, abd1 gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| mRNA (nucleoside-O(2'))-methyltransferase | <enzyme> Catalyses the reaction of s-adenosyl-l-methionine and m(7)g(5')pppr-RNA to yield s-adenosyl-l-homocysteine and m(7)g(5')ppprm-RNA; mRNA containing an o(2')-methylpurine cap Registry number: EC 2.1.1.57 (26 Jun 1999) |