| CCT | carotid compression tomography; central conduction time; cerebrocranial trauma; chocolate-coated tab... |
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| CGNB | composite ganglioneuroblastoma |
| CHCS | composite health care system |
| CRI | Cardiac Risk Index; catheter-related infection; chronic renal insufficiency; chronic respiratory ins... |
| CTS | carpal tunnel syndrome; clinical trials support [program]; composite treatment score; computed tomog... |
| cryptic plasmid | A plasmid which has no apparent effect on the phenotype of its host cell and has no genes other than the ones needed for itself to replicate and spread to other cells. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| hybrid plasmid | <molecular biology> A plasmid (circular DNA molecule) which is composed partly of the DNA of an organisms (or virus's) genome and partly of foreign DNA that has been inserted artificially. (09 Oct 1997) |
| stringent plasmid | <molecular biology> A plasmid that only replicates along with the main bacterial chromosome and is present as a single copy, or at most several copies, per cell. (16 Dec 1997) |
| nonconjugative plasmid | A plasmid that cannot effect conjugation and self-transfer to another bacterium (bacterial strain); transfer depends upon mediation of another (and conjugative) plasmid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| supercoiled plasmid | <molecular biology> The predominant in vivo form of plasmids, in which the plasmid is coiled around histone-like proteins. Supporting proteins are stripped away during extraction from the bacterial cell, causing the plasmid molecule to supercoil around itself in vitro. (19 Jan 1998) |
| infectious plasmid | Self-transmissible plasmid, a plasmid which encodes all the functions needed for its own intercellular transmission by conjugation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Ti plasmid | <molecular biology> Plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, transferred to higher plant cells in crown gall disease, carrying the T DNA that is incorporated into the plant cell genome. Used as a vector to introduce foreign DNA into plant cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| transmissible plasmid | Self-transmissible plasmid, a plasmid which encodes all the functions needed for its own intercellular transmission by conjugation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| killer plasmid | <molecular biology> These plasmids are found in some strains of Kluyveromyces marxianus where the cells contain multiple cytoplasmic copies of dsDNA plasmids. Such cells secrete a glycoprotein toxin. The plasmids and the killer function can be transferred to yeast. (18 Nov 1997) |
| F plasmid | The prototype conjugative plasmid associated with conjugation in the K-12 strain of Escherichia coli. Synonym: F agent, F-factor, F genote, F-genote, fertility agent, fertility factor, sex factor. (05 Mar 2000) |