| kappa angle | The angle between the pupillary axis and the visual axis; it is positive when the pupillary axis is nasal to the visual axis, and negative when the pupillary axis is temporal to the visual axis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| receptors, opioid, kappa | A class of opioid receptors recognised by its pharmacological profile. Kappa opioid receptors bind dynorphins with a higher affinity than endorphins which are themselves preferred to enkephalins. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nf-kappa b | Ubiquitous, inducible, nuclear transcriptional activator that binds to enhancer elements in lymphoid cells. In B-lymphocytes nf-kappa b binds to the immunoglobulin kappa light chain enhancer and in T-lymphocytes it has been shown to bind to the enhancers in virally infected cells including HIV. (12 Dec 1998) |
| NF-kappa B kinase | <enzyme> Activates DNA-binding activity of nfkb by directly phosphorylating its p65 and p50 subunits; does not phosphorylate ikb; may have a central role in mediating various signals to nfkb; mw 43 kD; amino acid sequence given in second source Registry number: EC 2.7.10.- Synonym: nuclear factor kappa b kinase, nfkb kinase, nik protein, nik gene product, nf-kappab-inducing kinase (26 Jun 1999) |
| I kappa B alpha-associated protein kinase | <enzyme> Isolated from human monocytic cell line; phosphorylates ser(293), ser(288), and thr(291) of ikappabalpha Registry number: EC 2.7.10.- Synonym: ikappabalpha-associated protein kinase, ikappab-alpha-associated protein kinase, ikappabalpha kinase (26 Jun 1999) |
| I kappa B kinase | <enzyme> Cytokine-responsive kinase that activates transcription factor nf-kappa b at serine 32 and 36; genbank af009225 Registry number: EC 2.7.10.- Synonym: ikappab kinase, ikk alpha, ikk beta, ikk 1 kinase, ikk 2 kinase (26 Jun 1999) |
| immunoglobulins, kappa-chain | One of the light chains of the immunoglobulins with a molecular weight of approximately 22 kD. They constitute about 60% of all light chains and can be recognised serologically as well as by their specific amino acid sequence. (12 Dec 1998) |
| kappa | 1. The tenth letter in the Greek alphabet. 2. In chemistry, denotes the position of a substituent located on the tenth atom from the carboxyl or other functional group. 3. A measure of the degree of nonrandom agreement between observers or measurements of the same categorical variable. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kappa chain | <protein> Either of two types of light chains (small polypeptide chains) that are found in immunoglobulins. (09 Oct 1997) |
| kappa granule | <cell biology> Primary lysosomal granules found in neutrophil granulocytes, contain a wide range of hydrolytic enzymes. Sometimes referred to as primary granules to distinguish them from the specific or secondary granules. (02 Jan 1998) |
| kappa particle | <microbiology> Gram-negative bacterial endosymbiont of Paramoecium spp., (Caedobacter taeniospiralis) that confers the killer trait, infected Paramoecium are resistant to the toxin liberated by infected forms. Killing activity is associated with the induction of defective phage in the endosymbiont, leading to the release of R bodies, coded for by the phage genome and apparently of mis assembled phage coat protein. (18 Nov 1997) |
| kappa particles | Inheritable cytoplasmic symbionts, once thought to be particle's mainly or exclusively of DNA, occurring in some strains of Paramecium; capable of producing a product lethal to other strains. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acromial angle | The prominent angle at the junction of the posterior and lateral borders of the acromion. Synonym: angulus acromialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute angle | Any angle less than 90 |
| acute angle closure glaucoma | <ophthalmology> An increase in pressure within the anterior chamber of the eye. There are two forms of glaucoma: acute angle closure and open angle glaucoma. (27 Sep 1997) |