| yeast RNase | <enzyme> An enzyme catalyzing the exonucleolytic cleavage of RNA to yield 3'-phosphomononucleotides. Synonym: RNase U4. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| yeast syndrome | <syndrome> The yeast candida has been thought to cause a syndrome with a number of non-specific problems including fatigue, loss of appetite, headache, short-attention span, depression and all manner of intestinal irregularities. There is no scientific evidence to support the existence of the yeast syndrome (also called the yeast connection). (12 Dec 1998) |
| yeast vectors | <molecular biology> Yeast cells that contain genes. (11 May 1997) |
| killer yeast | <microbiology> A yeast that secretes a toxin that can kill other yeasts. (09 Oct 1997) |
| fission yeast | <fungus> Species of fission yeast commonly used for studies on cell cycle control because there is a distinct G2 phase to the cycle. Only distantly related to the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A further advantage is that some mammalian introns are processed correctly. (18 Nov 1997) |
| african swine fever-like viruses | An unnamed, unclassified genus of DNA viruses with a single species: african swine fever virus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anterior pituitary-like hormone | A glycoprotein with a carbohydrate fraction composed of d-galactose and hexosamine, extracted from the urine of pregnant women and produced by the placental trophoblastic cells; its most important role appears to be stimulation, during the first trimester, of ovarian secretion of the oestrogen and progesterone required for the integrity of conceptus; it appears to play no significant role in the last two trimesters of pregnancy, as the oestrogen and progesterone are then formed by the placenta. Synonym: anterior pituitary-like hormone, choriogonadotropin, chorionic gonadotropic hormone, chorionic gonadotrophic hormone, placenta gonadotropin, placentagonadotropin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Artemia trypsin-like proteinase | <enzyme> Cysteine proteinase involved in lipovitellin degradation Registry number: EC 3.4.22.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| box-like heart | <radiology> Ebstein's anomaly, massive cardiomegaly, primarily RA enlargement (12 Dec 1998) |
| broom-like | <botany> Describes a plant which has many branches parallel or almost so and usually erect. (09 Oct 1997) |
| gallus adeno-like virus | A virus with characteristics of adenovirus, not known to be associated with natural disease. Synonym: gallus adeno-like virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| GCK-like kinase | <enzyme> Similar to human germinal centre kinase. Registry number: EC 2.7.1.- Synonym: glk kinase (26 Jun 1999) |
| receptors, insulin-like-growth factor I | Specific proteins on or in cells to which insulin-like growth factor I (somatomedin c) binds and thereby modifies the function of the cells. These receptors contain transmembrane and cytosolic domains, bind igf-I preferentially, and have high-affinity sites for igf-II. The alpha-subunit has a mw of 130 kD and the beta subunit possesses tyrosine kinase activity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| receptors, insulin-like-growth-factor II | Specific proteins on or in cells to which insulin-like growth factor II and mannose-6-phosphate bind and thereby modify the function of the cells. These receptors have a mw of 250 kD and possess no tyrosine kinase activity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reovirus-like agent | <virology> Genus of the Reoviridae having a double layered capsid and 11 double stranded RNA molecules in the genome. They have a wheel like appearance in the electron microscope and cause acute diarrhoeal disease in their mammalian and avian hosts. Probably the most important cause of severe dehydrating diarrhoea in children under three years of age worldwide. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, low-grade fever and diarrhoea. Aggressive fluid replacement is generally required. (27 Sep 1997) |