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A structure supporting fixed signals, which usually extends across one or more railway tracks. Warrant: Encyclopedia of Railways, OS Nock, 1977 Plural form: gantries
Ãâó: www.mda.org.uk/railway/railobjg.htm
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| signal transduction |
communication inside the cell, and also, how a cell reacts to an external signal by transmitting it across the cell membrane to the interior of the cell. Proteins on the cell surface function as receptors for specific molecules (such as the hormone, insulin). The binding of the molecule to the receptor initiates an interlinked series of biochemical events inside the cell, involving enzymes, proteins and ions (especially calcium). ...
Ãâó: www.qimr.edu.au/qimr_glossary.html
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| signature |
Printed sheet folded at least once, possibly many times, to become part of a book, magazine or other publication.
Ãâó: www.c-latitude.com/glossary.asp
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| significant |
(statistics) A term applied to differences, correlation, etc., to indicate that they are probably not due to chance alone; usually indicates a probability of not less than 95 percent.
Ãâó: www.soils.org/sssagloss/cgi-bin/gloss_search.cgi
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| signal sequence |
An amino acid sequence, normally at the N-terminus of hte protein, that directs a protein to a specific location in the cell eg chloroplast, endoplasmic reticulum.
Ãâó: www.jcu.edu.au/fmhms/school/pms/CGC/DictCellBiol.h...
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