| ADT | Accepted Dental Therapeutics; adenosine triphosphate; admission, discharge, transfer; agar-gel diffu... |
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| AGD | agar gel diffusion; agarose diffusion; alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase |
| AGDD | agar gel double diffusion |
| AGP | acid glycoprotein; agar gel precipitation; azurophil granule protein |
| AGPI | agar gel precipitin inhibition |
| electrophoresis, polyacrylamide gel | Electrophoresis in which a polyacrylamide gel is used as the diffusion medium. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| electrophoresis, starch gel | Electrophoresis in which a starch gel (a mixture of amylose and amylopectin) is used as the diffusion medium. (12 Dec 1998) |
| two dimensional gel electrophoresis | <technique> A high resolution separation technique in which protein samples are separated by isoelectric focussing in one dimension and then laid on an SDS gel for size determined separation in the second dimension. Can resolve hundreds of components on a single gel. (18 Nov 1997) |
| carbon-sulfur ligases | <enzyme> Enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by the formation of a carbon-sulfur bond. Registry number: EC 6.2 (12 Dec 1998) |
| carbon-sulfur lyases | <enzyme> Enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of a carbon-sulfur bond by means other than hydrolysis or oxidation. Registry number: EC 4.4 (12 Dec 1998) |
| vegetable sulfur | <botany> A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceae; club moss. Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceae. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning. Origin: NL, from Gr. Wolf +, a foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| green sulfur bacteria | A group of green or brown bacteria of the families chlorobiaceae and chloroflexaceae that occur in aquatic sediments, sulfur springs, and hot springs and that utilise reduced sulfur compounds instead of oxygen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| roll sulfur | Sublimed sulfur melted and cast in cylindrical molds; sometimes called brimstone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| milk of sulfur | Sublimed sulfur boiled with lime water, the lime being removed from the precipitate by washing with diluted hydrochloric acid; used in preparing sulfur ointment and in the treatment of various skin disorders. Synonym: lac sulfuris, milk of sulfur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| washed sulfur | Sublimed sulfur macerated in diluted ammonia water to remove the free acid; same therapeutic uses as sublimed sulfur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wettable sulfur | Sulfur prepared from calcium polysulfide solution containing a protective colloid such as casein; it is easily dispersed and suspended in water. (05 Mar 2000) |
| precipitated sulfur | Sublimed sulfur boiled with lime water, the lime being removed from the precipitate by washing with diluted hydrochloric acid; used in preparing sulfur ointment and in the treatment of various skin disorders. Synonym: lac sulfuris, milk of sulfur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soft sulfur | An allotropic form obtained by dropping very hot melted sulfur into water; it is then temporarily of a viscid or waxy consistency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sublimed sulfur | Used in preparing sulfur ointment and in the treatment of various skin disorders. Synonym: flowers of sulfur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sulfur | <chemical> The correct English Language spelling. In the USA it is spelt sulfur. (18 Nov 1997) |