| SG | Sachs-Georgi [test]; salivary gland; serum globulin; serum glucose; signs; skin graft; soluble gelat... |
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| CHSO | total hemolytic serum C activity |
| TISP | total immunoreactive serum pepsinogen |
| TNS | total nuclear score; transcutaneous nerve stimulation; tumor necrosis serum |
| TSB | total serum bilirubin; trypticase soy broth; tryptone soy broth |
| iodinated 125I serum albumin | A sterile, buffered, isotonic solution prepared to contain not less than 10 mg of radioiodinated normal human serum albumin per ml, and adjusted to provide not more than 1 mCi of radioactivity per ml; used as a diagnostic aid in determining blood volume and cardiac output. Synonym: radioiodinated serum albumin. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| iodinated 131I human serum albumin | A sterile, buffered, isotonic solution prepared to contain not less than 10 mg of radioiodinated normal human serum albumin per ml, and adjusted to provide not more than 1 mCi of radioactivity per ml; used as a diagnostic aid in the measurement of blood volume and cardiac output. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thyrotoxic serum | An antiserum obtained by injecting into animals the nucleoproteins of the thyroid gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine serum hepatitis | <veterinary> An acute hepatic disease of the horse, often associated with prior administration of biological products; neurologic signs and jaundice are usually prominent signs; aetiology is unknown. Synonym: Theiler's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| truth serum | Colloquialism for a drug, such as amobarbital sodium or thiopental sodium, intravenously injected for the purpose of eliciting information from the subject under its influence; a misnomer because the subject's revelations may or may not be factually true, and its legal status and use is questionable. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foetal calf serum | <cell culture> The serum originating from embryonic calves and an expensive component of standard culture media for many types of animal tissue cells. It is used as an important part of growth media for promoting the growth of tissue cultures. It provides a source of growth hormones and other growth factors. (11 Nov 1997) |
| foreign serum | A serum derived from an animal and injected into an animal of another species or into humans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| liquid human serum | The pool of fluids separated from blood withdrawn from human subjects and allowed to clot in the absence of any anticoagulant; not more than 10 separate donations are pooled; the contributions from donors of A, O, and either B or AB groups are represented in approximately the ratio 9:9:2. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetoacetyl-acyl carrier protein synthase | <enzyme> E coli enzyme, that catalyses condensation of malonyl-acyl carrier protein plus acetyl-acyl carrier protein; not inhibited by cerulenin Registry number: EC 2.3.1.- Synonym: acetoacetyl-acp synthase (26 Jun 1999) |
| acid soluble spore protein | <molecular biology> A DNA binding protein in the spores of some bacteria, thought to stabilise the DNA in an A configuration, so protecting it from cleavage by enzymes or UV light. (18 Nov 1997) |
| acute-phase protein | <haematology> These plasma proteins (in addition to fibrinogen) increase 25% or more in response to inflammation and injury are under direct control of interleukin-6 (IL-6) (hepatocyte-stimulating factor). Other proteins which increase are ceruloplasmin, C3 and C4 which increase 50% or more; alpha-1 acid glycoprotein, alpha-1 antitrypsin, haptoglobin and fibrinogen (the major determinant of viscosity 1 ) which increase two- to fourfold; C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid A which increase several hundred-fold. Despite long-held clinical opinion to the contrary, available data indicate that neither ESR nor measurement of specific acute-phase reactants are useful in excluding underlying infection or inflammation regardless of the pretest probability. These proteins are secreted into the blood in increased or decreased quantities by hepatocytes in response to trauma, inflammation, or disease. They can serve as inhibitors or mediators of the inflammatory processes. Certain acute-phase proteins have been used to diagnose and follow the course of diseases or as tumour markers. See also: amyloid, c-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, viscosity. (25 Jun 1999) |
| acyl-(acyl-carrier-protein)-phospholipid acyltransferase | <enzyme> Catalyses the formation of phosphatidylethanolamine from acyl-acyl carrier protein and 2-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine Registry number: EC 2.3.1.40 Synonym: 2-acyl-gpe acyltransferase, 2-acylglycerophosphoethanolamine acyltransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| acyl-(acyl-carrier-protein)-UDP-N-acetylglucosamine acyltransferase | <enzyme> E coli enzyme involved in lipid a biosynthesis; uses beta-hydroxymyristoyl-acyl carrier protein to form udp-3-monoacyl-n-acetylglucosamine; amino acid sequence given in second source Registry number: EC 2.3.1.129 Synonym: udp-aguatransferase, lpxa protein, udp-n-acetylglucosamine-3-acyltransferase, udp-n-acetylglucosamine 3-o-acyltransferase, udp-3-o-(r-3-hydroxymyristoyl)glucosamine-n-acyltransferase, lpxd protein, fira gene product, fira protein (26 Jun 1999) |
| acyl carrier protein | <protein> A small (77 peptides long) protein which binds six other enzymes involved in fatty acid synthesis. It was first isolated in E. Coli bacteria. (09 Oct 1997) |
| acyl carrier protein acylase | <enzyme> From E coli Registry number: EC 2.3.1.- Synonym: acp acylase (26 Jun 1999) |