| integrated resource planning | See Least cost planning. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| integration | <molecular biology, virology> Incorporation of the genetic material of a virus in to the host genome. (18 Nov 1997) |
| integrator | <mathematics> That which integrates; especially, an instrument by means of which the area of a figure can be measured directly, or its moment of inertia, or statical moment, etc, be determined. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| integrator gene | <molecular biology> In the Britten & Davidson model for the co ordinate expression of unlinked genes in eukaryotes, sensor elements respond to changing conditions by switching on appropriate integrator genes, which then produce transcription factors that activate appropriate subsets of structural genes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| integrin modulating factor 1 | <chemical> A lipid that alters the function of leukocyte integrins; may be an unsaturated fatty acid or an isoprenoid acid Synonym: imf 1, imf-1 (05 Dec 1998) |
| integrin PS, Drosophila | <chemical> Ps = position-specific; from eggs and testes; electrophoretic variant of notch protein; alpha subunit encoded by inflated (if) gene; beta subunit encoded by lethal(l)myospheroid (mys) gene; has been sequenced Synonym: ps integrin, drosophila, alphaps1 integrin, alphaps2 integrin, betaps integrin (05 Dec 1998) |
| integrin PS2 | <chemical> Expressed on the surface of cells; can mediate cell spreading on an undefined component of fetal calf serum and on vertebrate matrix molecules vitronectin, fibronectin and rgdpeptide; amino acid sequence has been determined Synonym: ps2 integrin (05 Dec 1998) |
| integrins | Superfamily of cell surface proteins that are involved in binding to extracellular matrix components in some cases. most are heterodimeric with a _ subunit of 95 kD that is conserved through the superfamily and a more variable _ subunit of 150-170 kD. The first examples described were fibronectin and vitronectin receptors of fibroblasts, which bind to an RGD (Arg Gly Asp) sequence in the ligand protein, though the context of the RGD seems important and there is also a divalent cation dependence. Subsequently the platelet IIb/IIIa surface glycoprotein (fibronectin and fibrinogen receptor) and the LFA 1 class of leucocyte surface protein were recognised as integrins, together with the VLA surface protein. The requirement for the RGD sequence in the ligand does not seem to be invariable. (18 Nov 1997) |
| integrity | 1. Quality of being honest and morally upright, 2. Condition of being whole or undivided (a nation's integrity, the integrity of the patient). (18 Nov 1997) |
| integropallial | <zoology> Having the pallial line entire, or without a sinus, as certain bivalve shells. Origin: L. Integer whole + E. Pallial. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| integumation | That part of physiology which treats of the integuments of animals and plants. See: Integument. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| integument | A covering, one of the outer layers of tissue of a plant ovule. (09 Oct 1997) |
| integumentary | <anatomy> Pertaining to or composed of skin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| integumentary system | The skin, hair, and nails; derived from ectoderm and subjacent mesoderm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| integumentum commune | A covering, one of the outer layers of tissue of a plant ovule. (09 Oct 1997) |