| trefoil polypeptide | A group of polypeptides that share the trefoil moiety of a highly stable three-loop structure held together by disulfide bonds based on cysteine residues; they are widely expressed in gastrointestinal tissues and secreted by mucous cells; their functions are as yet unknown. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| trefoil tendon | A three-lobed fibrous sheet occupying the centre of the diaphragm. Synonym: centrum tendineum diaphragmatis, trefoil tendon. Central tendon of perineum, the fibromuscular mass between the anal canal and the urogenital diaphragm in the median plane; midline episiotomies extend into this structure. Synonym: centrum tendineum perinei, perineal body, Savage's perineal body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trehala | <chemistry> An amorphous variety of manna obtained from the nests and cocoons of a Syrian coleopterous insect (Larinus maculatus, L. Nidificans, etc) which feeds on the foliage of a variety of thistle. It is used as an article of food, and is Synonym: nest sugar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| trehalase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the conversion of alpha,alpha-trehalose and water to d-glucose. Chemical name: alpha,alpha-Trehalose glucohydrolase Registry number: EC 3.2.1.28 (12 Dec 1998) |
| trehalose | <chemical> A disaccharide sugar (342 D) found widely in invertebrates, bacteria, algae, plants and fungi, formed by the dimerisation of glucose. Yields glucose on acid hydrolysis. (19 Jan 1998) |
| trehalose mycolyltransferase | <enzyme> From mycobacterium smegmatis; catalyses exchange of a mycolyl group between trehalose, trehalose 6-monomycolate and trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate Registry number: EC 2.3.1.- Synonym: alpha, alpha'-trehalose 6-monomycolate-alpha, alpha'-trehalose mycolyltransferse (26 Jun 1999) |
| trehalose synthase | <enzyme> Catalyses the conversion of maltose into alpha,alpha-trehalose by intramolecular transglucosylation; mw about 62 kD; genbank d78198 Registry number: EC 2.4.1.- Synonym: tres gene product, tres enzyme (26 Jun 1999) |
| trehalose-phosphatase | <enzyme> Chemical name: trehalose-6-phosphate phosphohydrolase Registry number: EC 3.1.3.12 Synonym: trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase, otsb protein, otsb gene product, orla gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| treillage | Latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis. "I shall plant the roses against my treillage to-morrow." (Walpole) Origin: F. Treillage. See Trellis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Treitz | Wenzel, Bohemian pathologist, 1819-1872. See: Treitz's arch, Treitz's fascia, Treitz's fossa, Treitz's hernia, Treitz's ligament, Treitz's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Treitz's arch | A sickle-shaped fold of peritoneum sometimes found arching between the left side of the duodenojejunal flexure and the medial border of the left kidney; its right free edge contains the ascending branch of the left colic artery and inferior mesenteric vein; forms anterior boundary of the paraduodenal recess. See: paraduodenal recess. Synonym: plica paraduodenalis, Treitz's arch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Treitz's fascia | Fascia behind the head of the pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Treitz's fossa | An inconstant depression in the peritoneum extending posterior to the caecum. Synonym: Treitz's fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Treitz's hernia | A hernia in the subperitoneal tissues. Synonym: retroperitoneal hernia, Treitz's hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Treitz's ligament | A broad flat band of smooth muscle and fibrous tissue attached to the right crus of the diaphragm and to the duodenum at its junction with the jejunum. Synonym: musculus suspensorius duodeni, Treitz's ligament, Treitz's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |