| DDS | damaged disc syndrome; dendrodendritic synaptosome; dental distress syndrome; depressed DNA synthesi... |
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| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid; did not answer |
| G1 | presynthetic gap [phase of cells prior to DNA synthesis] |
| G2 | postsynthetic gap [phase of cells following DNA synthesis] |
| IDS | iduronate sulfatase; immune deficiency state; inhibitor of DNA synthesis; integrated delivery system... |
| immediate insertion denture | A complete or partial denture constructed for insertion immediately following the removal of natural teeth. Synonym: immediate insertion denture. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| insertion | 1. <anatomy> The place of attachment, as of a muscle to the bone which it moves. 2. <genetics> A rare nonreciprocal translocation involving three breaks in which a segment is removed from one chromosome and then inserted into a broken region of a nonhomologous chromosome. Origin: L. Inserere = to join to (18 Nov 1997) |
| insertion mutation | A mutation caused by the insertion of at least one extra nucleotide basein a DNA sequence. (09 Oct 1997) |
| insertion sequence | Mobile nucleotide sequences that occur naturally in the genomes of bacterial populations. When inserted into bacterial DNA, they inactivate the gene concerned, when they are removed the gene regains its activity. Closely related to transposons and range in size from a few hundred to a few thousand bases, but are usually less than 1500 bases. (18 Nov 1997) |
| thought insertion | The delusion that one's thoughts are not really one's own but are being placed into one's mind by an external force. (05 Mar 2000) |
| elements | Simple substances which cannot be decomposed by chemical means. They are made up of atoms which are alike in their peripheral electronic configurations, their chemical properties, and in the number of protons in their nuclei. They may differ in the number of neutrons in their nuclei. (12 Dec 1998) |
| elements, radioactive | Chemical elements which spontaneously transmute into another element with corpuscular or electromagnetic radiation. The natural radioactive elements are all those with an atomic number above 83, and some other elements, such as potassium (atomic number 19) and rubidium (atomic number 7), which are very weakly radioactive. (12 Dec 1998) |
| trace elements | A group of chemical elements that are needed in minute quantities for the proper growth, development, and physiology of an organism. (12 Dec 1998) |
| labile elements | Tissue cells, as of epithelium, connective tissue, etc., that continue to multiply by mitosis during the life of the individual. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fold-back elements | A type of transposable element that possesses long inverted repeats, such that when denatured, loops are formed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long interspersed elements | Long repetitive sequences in DNA with terminal repeats seen in human and mouse DNA. (05 Mar 2000) |
| DNA-directed DNA polymerase | <enzyme> DNA-dependent DNA polymerases found in bacteria, animal and plant cells. During the replication process, these enzymes catalyze the addition of deoxyribonucleotide residues to the end of a DNA strand in the presence of DNA as template-primer. They also possess exonuclease activity and therefore function in DNA repair. Chemical name: Deoxynucleoside-triphosphate:DNA deoxynucleotidyltransferase (DNA-directed) Registry number: EC 2.7.7.7 (12 Dec 1998) |
| A-DNA | A form of DNA in which the helix is right-handed and the overall appearance is short and broad. (05 Mar 2000) |
| a-form DNA | <molecular biology> One of several forms that can be assumed by a double helix. A-DNA is stable in dehydrated conditions. This form is less common than the dominant form found under physiological conditions -- beta-DNA. This form is also assumed by DNA-RNA hybrid helices and by regions of double-stranded RNA. It is a right-handed helix and is a more compact form than beta-DNA. (09 Oct 1997) |
| antisense DNA | <molecular biology> A synthetic DNA strand that is complementary to a particular strand of target DNA with a complementary sequence of bases. This results in preventing expression of the gene encoded. These proteins can be used to selectively turn off production of certain proteins or block viral genetic instructions, by marking them for destruction by cellular enzymes, in order to prevent the building of new virus or the infection of new cells. (14 Nov 1997) |