| opioid-related disorders | Disorders related or resulting from abuse or mis-use of opioids. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Galton's delta | A more or less well-marked triangle, in a fingerprint, on either side where the straight ridges near the joint of the distal phalanx are succeeded by arches, loops, or whorls. See: Galton's system of classification of fingerprints. Synonym: triradius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gene rearrangement, delta-chain T-cell antigen receptor | Ordered rearrangement of T-cell variable gene regions coding for the delta-chain of antigen receptors. (12 Dec 1998) |
| genes, T-cell receptor delta | DNA sequences encoding the delta chain of the T-cell receptor. The delta-chain locus is located entirely within the alpha-chain locus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| CDP-6-deoxy-delta(3,4)-glucoseen reductase | <enzyme> Key enzyme catalyzing the biosynthetic formation of cdp-ascarylose via a pyridoxamine-linked intermediate; the enzyme can also oxidise NADPH in the presence of oxygen; from yerisinia pseudotuberculosis Registry number: EC 1.17.1.- Synonym: cddg reductase (26 Jun 1999) |
| muconolactone delta-isomerase | <enzyme> Catalyses the conversion of 4-hydroxy-4-carboxymethylisocrotonolactone to 3-oxoadipate enol-lactone; minor descriptor (75-83); on-line and index medicus search isomerases (75-83) Registry number: EC 5.3.3.4 (26 Jun 1999) |
| cortisol delta 4-reductase | <enzyme> Forms 5 alpha-dihydrocortisol& 5 beta-dihydrocortisol Registry number: EC 1.3.1.- Synonym: cortisol delta(4)-hydrogenase, cortisol delta(4)-5 beta-reductase (26 Jun 1999) |
| cucurbitacin delta 23-reductase | <enzyme> Catalyses the oxidation of 23,24-dihydrocucurbitacin to cucurbitacin in the presence of NADP+ Registry number: EC 1.3.1.5 (26 Jun 1999) |
| hepatitis delta | <virology> Hepatitis delta is a severe form of hepatitis which arose recently. It is caused by a combination of the delta virus (a defective virus) and the virus which causes hepatitis B. (09 Oct 1997) |
| hepatitis delta virus | A defective virus, containing particles of RNA nucleoprotein in virion-like form, present in patients with acute hepatitis b and chronic hepatitis. Officially this is classified as a subviral satellite RNA (RNA, satellite). (12 Dec 1998) |
| steroid delta-isomerase | <enzyme> Pharmacological action: enzyme inhibitor Registry number: EC 5.3.3.1 Synonym: delta 5-3-oxosteroid isomerase, delta-5-3-ketosteroid isomerase, 3-ketosteroid isomerase, 3-oxosteroid delta 4-5 isomerase, 5-ene-3-ketosteroid isomerase, 5-ene-4-ene-steroid isomerase, 3-oxo-delta(5)-steroid isomerase, 5-pregnene-3,20-dione isomerase, steroid 5-4-ene-isomerase, delta(5)-3-ketosteroid isomerase (26 Jun 1999) |
| sterol delta-5 desaturase | <enzyme> Involved in ergosterol synthesis; do not confuse with delta5,7-sterol delta-7-reductase which is involved in cholesterol biosynthesis Registry number: EC 1.3.- Synonym: sterol c5-6 desaturase, c-5 sterol desaturase, erg3 gene product, delta(5,6) sterol desaturase, syr1 gene product, delta(7)-sterol-c-5-desaturase (26 Jun 1999) |
| Delta | Neurogenic locus in Drosophila. Gene product contains 9 repeats of the EGF like domain. (18 Nov 1997) |
| delta-13 fatty acid desaturase | <enzyme> Involved in sex pheromone biosynthesis from palmitic acid in the moth thaumetopoea pityocampa, acts in conjunction with an 11-desaturase Registry number: EC 1.14.99.- Synonym: delta-13 desaturase (26 Jun 1999) |
| delta 14-sterol reductase | <enzyme> Reduces ignosterol to ergosterol; NADPH-dependent enzyme that catalyses the formal trans addition of hydrogen across the 14,15-pi bond in 8,14-sterol dienes; forms 4,4-dimethylzymosterol in lanosterol metabolism pathway from 4,4-dimethyl-5alpha-cholesta-8,14,25-trien-3beta-ol or from 4,4-dimethyl-cholesta-8,14,24-trienol; erg24 from saccharomyces cerevisiae Registry number: EC 1.3.1.- Synonym: ignosterol reductase, delta 8,14-sterol delta 14-reductase, 14,15-sterol reductase, delta 8,14-steroid 14-reductase, delta 14,15-reductase, sterol c-14 reductase, c-14 sterol reductase, erg24 gene product (26 Jun 1999) |