| formylmethanofuran-tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase | <enzyme> From methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum; role in methanogenesis from co2 Registry number: EC 2.1.2.- Synonym: fmf-tmp formyltransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
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| formylmethionine | Methionine acylated on the NH2 group by a formyl (-CHO) group. This is the starting amino acid residue for virtually all bacterial polypeptides. See: initiating codon. Synonym: N-formylmethionine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| formylmethionyl-tRNA | Initiation tRNA in certain organisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| formyltetrahydrofolate deformylase | <enzyme> From rat or pig liver homogenates; catalyses the conversion of 10-formyltetrahydrofolate to tetrahydrofolate and formate; amino acid sequence has been determined Registry number: EC 3.5.1.10 Synonym: formyltetrahydrofolate hydrolase, 10-formyltetrahydrofolate amidohydrolase, fthf hydrolase, puru protein, puru gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| formyltetrahydrofolates | Tetrahydrofolates which are substituted by a formyl group at either the nitrogen atom in the 5 position or the nitrogen atom in the 10 position. N(5)-formyltetrahydrofolate is leukovorin (citrovorum factor) while n(10)-formyltetrahydrofolate is an active coenzyme which functions as a carrier of the formyl group in a number of enzymatic reactions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fornicate | 1. Vaulted or arched; resembling a fornix. Origin: L. Fornicatus, arched, fr. Fornix, vault, arch 2. To have sexual intercourse. Origin: see fornication (05 Mar 2000) |
| fornicate gyrus | The horseshoe-shaped cortical convolution bordering the hilus of the cerebral hemisphere; its upper limb is formed by the cingulate gyrus, its lower by the parahippocampal gyrus. Synonym: gyrus fornicatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fornicated | 1. Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched. 2. <botany> Arching over; overarched. Origin: L. Fornicatus, fr. Fornix, -icis, an arch, vault. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fornication | 1. Unlawful sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person; the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as does not by law amount to adultery. In England, the offense, though cognizable in the ecclesiastical courts, was not at common law subject to secular prosecution. In the United States it is indictable in some States at common law, in others only by statute. 2. Adultery. Incest. Idolatry. Origin: F. Fornication, L. Fornicatio. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fornicator | An unmarried person, male or female, who has criminal intercourse with the other sex; one guilty of fornication. Origin: F. Fornicateur, OF. Fornicator, from L. Fornicator. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fornicatress | A woman guilty of fornication. Origin: Cf. F. Fornicatrice, L. Fornicatrix. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fornices | Plural of fornix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fornix | Origin: L, an arch. <anatomy> An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva. Esp, two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fornix conjunctivae | The space formed by the junction of the bulbar and palpebral portions of the conjunctiva, that of the upper lid being the fornix conjunctivae superior and that of the lower lid the fornix conjunctivae inferior. Synonym: fornix conjunctivae, conjunctival cul-de-sac, retrotarsal fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fornix of the lacrimal sac | Fornix of the lacrimal sac; the upper, blind end of the lacrimal sac that extends above the openings of the lacrimal canaliculi. Synonym: fornix sacci lacrimalis. (05 Mar 2000) |