| 8-amino-7-oxononanoate synthase | <enzyme> Chemical name: 7-keto-8-aminopelargonic acid synthetase Registry number: EC 2.3.1.47 Synonym: 7-kap synthetase, 8-amino-7-oxopelargonate synthase, 7-oxo-8-aminononanoate synthase, biof gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
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| lanthionine synthase | <enzyme> Proposed complex of nisb, at least two molecules of nisc and a nist dimer; converts nisin prepeptide by a dehydratase reaction at serine and threonine, forming dehydroalanine and dehydrobutyrine, which are converted to thioethers with neighboring cysteine residues in lantibiotic prepeptides Registry number: EC 4.2.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| leukotriene-C4 synthase | <enzyme> From particulate fraction of rat basophil leukaemia homogenates; not sensitive to inhibitors of most soluble glutathione s-transferases Registry number: EC 2.5.1.37 Synonym: leukotriene c synthase, leukotriene a4-glutathione s-leukotrienyltransferase, leukotriene c4 synthetase, glutathione s-transferase II, gst-ii (26 Jun 1999) |
| lipid A disaccharide synthase | <enzyme> Udp-diacyl-n-acetylglucosamine plus 2,3-diacyl-n-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate yields 2',3'-diacyl-glcn-(beta 1-6)-2,3-diacyl-glcn-1-p plus udp Registry number: EC 2.4.1.182 Synonym: 2,3-diacyl-n-acetylglucosamine diacyl-n-acetylglucosaminyltransferse, lipid a synthase (26 Jun 1999) |
| lipoxin A4 synthase | <enzyme> An aspect of platelet 12-lipoxygenase Registry number: EC 1.13.11.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| lipoxin B4 synthase | <enzyme> An aspect of platelet 12-lipoxygenase Registry number: EC 1.13.11.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| acrocephalosyndactyly type 1 | <paediatrics> An inherited disease (autosomal dominant) or a spontaneously occurring disease characterised by a peaked head and unusual facial appearance, due to the premature closure of the cranial sutures. A skull X-ray can confirm the diagnosis and treatment is surgical. Inheritance: autosomal dominant. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Alzheimer type I astrocyte | Enlarged frequently multinucleated astrocytes, seen in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Alzheimer type II astrocyte | Enlarged astrocytes with vesicular nuclei and one or more small basophilic nucleoli, seen in hepatocerebral disease and Wilson's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| American Type Culture Collection | <cell culture> A key resource for cultured cells, located in Rockville, USA. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Antoni type A neurilemoma | <tumour> Relatively solid or compact arrangement of neoplastic tissue that consists of Schwann cells arranged in twisting bundles and associated with delicate reticulin fibres; the nuclei of the Schwann cells are frequently grouped in parallel rows (so-called palisades), and the nuclei and fibres sometimes form exaggerated tactile corpuscles, called Verocay bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Antoni type B neurilemoma | <tumour> Relatively soft or loose arrangement of neoplastic tissue that consists of Schwann cells in a haphazard or nondescript type of arrangement among reticulin fibres and tiny cystlike foci; fat-laden macrophages may be observed in some of the larger neoplasms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arthus-type reaction's | Reaction's in man and other species that result from the same basic immunologic (allergic) mechanism which evokes, in the rabbit, the typical Arthus phenomenon. See: immune complex disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| avian adenovirus type 1 proteinase | <enzyme> 206 aa residues of which 66% are homologous to human ad2 emzyme embl/genbank l13161 Registry number: EC 3.4.22.- Synonym: aavl proteinase, aavl endopeptidase (26 Jun 1999) |
| basic personality type | An individual's unique, covert, or underlying personality propensities, whether or not they are behaviourally manifest or overt, personality characteristics of an individual which are also shared by a majority of the members of a social group. (05 Mar 2000) |