| ARGS | antitrypsin-related gene sequence |
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| CAP | camptodactyly-arthropathy-pericarditis [syndrome]; Canada Assistance Plan; capsule; captopril; catab... |
| CGA | catabolite gene activator; color graphics adapter |
| CGP | N-carbobenzoxy-glycyl-L-phenylalanine; chorionic growth hormone-prolactin; choline glycerophosphatid... |
| CGRP | calcitonin gene-related peptide |
| Y-linked gene | A gene located on a Y chromosome. Synonym: holandric gene. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| linked gene | <genetics> Genes and / or markers that are so closely associated on the chromosome that they are inherited together in 80% or more of cases. (14 Oct 1997) |
| adhesion structures linked tyrosine kinase | <enzyme> Isolated from mouse embryonic stem cells Registry number: EC 2.7.1.- Synonym: hyk protein (26 Jun 1999) |
| ambisense expression strategy | <molecular biology> The coding of viral proteins in both the sense (coding) and antisense (noncoding) strands of complementary mRNA, so that the viral proteins are produced no matter which strand gets translated. (09 Oct 1997) |
| benzylviologen-linked aldehyde oxidoreductase | <enzyme> A coenzyme a-independent tungsten-containing aldehyde oxidoreductase; from desulfovibrio gigas; n-terminal amino acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 1.2.7.- Synonym: bv-aldh (26 Jun 1999) |
| mammalian expression vector | <molecular biology> A vector that will produce large amounts of eukaryotic protein taxonomy notwithstanding, and not necessarily a protein from a mammal. (20 Mar 1998) |
| recessive, x-linked | A gene on the X chromosome that expresses itself only when there is no different gene present at that locus (spot on the chromosome). For example, duchenne muscular dystrophy (dmd) is an x-linked recessive disorder. A dmd boy has the dmd gene on his sole x chromosome (and so is said to be hemizgous for dmd). Although it is much rarer, a girl can have dmd (by several different means as, for example, if she has the dmd gene on both her x chromosomes and so is homozygous for dmd). (12 Dec 1998) |
| muscles of facial expression | The numerous muscles supplied by the facial nerve that are attached to and move the skin of the face. Nomina Anatomica also includes the buccinator muscle in this group; even though it functions primarily in mastication. Synonym: musculi faciales, facial muscles, mimetic muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| x-linked | On the X chromosome. Linked in genetics does not mean merely associated. An x-linked gene travels with the x chromosome and therefore is part of the x chromosome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| X linked disease | <disease, genetics> A genetic or inherited disease whose controlling gene or at least part of the relevant genome is carried on an X chromosome, for example haemophilia. most known conditions are recessive and thus since males have only one X chromosome they will express any such recessive character. Few dominants are known and the homozygous states are very rare so that female expression of such diseases is uncommon. (18 Nov 1997) |
| X-linked hypogammaglobulinaemia | A congenital, X-linked recessive, primary immunodeficiency characterised by decreased numbers (or absence) of circulating B-lymphocytes with corresponding decrease in immunoglobulins of the five classes; associated with marked susceptibility to infection by pyogenic bacteria (notably, pneumococci and Haemophilus influenzae) beginning after loss of maternal antibodies. X-linked hypogammaglobulinaemia with growth hormone deficiency, hypogammaglobulinaemia combined with a reduced number of B-cells; characterised by short stature, delayed puberty, and recurrent infections. (05 Mar 2000) |
| X-linked ichthyosis | A form of ichthyosis, due to 3-beta-hydroxysteroidsulfate sulfatase deficiency, that appears at birth or in early infancy and affects males; characterised by scaling predominantly on the neck and trunk but not on the palms and soles; histologically, there is hyperkeratosis, a granular layer in the epidermis, and normal epidermal cell turnover. Synonym: steroid sulfatase deficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| X-linked inheritance | The pattern of inheritance that may result from a mutant gene on an X chromosome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| X-linked locus | Any locus that in normal karyotypes is borne on the X chromosome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sex-linked | <genetics> A genetic disorder where the genetic defect is linked to one of the chromosomes that determines sex (x or y). This is usually due to a gene on the unpaired portion of the X chromosome. Recessive X linked alleles are fully expressed in the heterogametic sex because they can have only one copy of the gene. Thus X linked mutant disorders are more common in human males than in females. An example is haemophilia, which is autosomal recessive and linked to the X chromosome, so only males (XY) actually manifest the disease. (06 Oct 1997) |