| OPRK | opiate receptor kappa |
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| PHI | passive hemagglutination inhibition; past history of illness; phosphohexose isomerase; physiological... |
| PhI | Pharmacopoeia Internationalis |
| f | Greek letter phi; magnetic flux; osmotic coefficient |
| AJKD | American Journal of Kidney Diseases |
| kappa chain | <protein> Either of two types of light chains (small polypeptide chains) that are found in immunoglobulins. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| kappa granule | <cell biology> Primary lysosomal granules found in neutrophil granulocytes, contain a wide range of hydrolytic enzymes. Sometimes referred to as primary granules to distinguish them from the specific or secondary granules. (02 Jan 1998) |
| kappa particle | <microbiology> Gram-negative bacterial endosymbiont of Paramoecium spp., (Caedobacter taeniospiralis) that confers the killer trait, infected Paramoecium are resistant to the toxin liberated by infected forms. Killing activity is associated with the induction of defective phage in the endosymbiont, leading to the release of R bodies, coded for by the phage genome and apparently of mis assembled phage coat protein. (18 Nov 1997) |
| kappa particles | Inheritable cytoplasmic symbionts, once thought to be particle's mainly or exclusively of DNA, occurring in some strains of Paramecium; capable of producing a product lethal to other strains. (05 Mar 2000) |