| scaffold | 1. A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc, for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc. "Pardon, gentles all, The flat, unraised spirits that have dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object." (Shak) 2. Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold. "That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold of coronation." (Sir P. Sidney) 3. <chemistry> An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace. Origin: OF. Eschafault, eschafaut, escafaut, escadafaut, F. Echafaud; probably oiginally the same word as E. & F. Catafalque, It. Catafafalco. See Catafalque. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| scaffold proteins | Proteins that remain when chromosomes are digested with DNase. Many antigenic species have been identified. (18 Nov 1997) |
| scaffold-associated regions | Sites in DNA that bind topoisomerase II and other scaffold proteins; found in introns. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nuclear scaffold serine protease | <enzyme> Calcium-regulated serine protease which cleaves a subset of lamins a/c (intermediate filament proteins) to produce an ATP-binding protein; partial amino-terminal amino acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: ns protease (26 Jun 1999) |
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