Proteins

Proteins

Large molecules made up of amino acid building blocks.

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G-proteins

Biology; Neuroscience

Term for two large groups of proteins—the heterotrimeric G-proteins and the small-molecule G-proteins— that can be activated by exchanging bound GDP for GTP.

G proteins

Biology; Immunology

are proteins that bind GTP and convert it to GDP in the process of cell signal transduction.

protein

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A large complex molecule made up of one or more chains of amino acids. A typical protein contains 200-300 amino acids but some are much smaller and some much larger, e.g., titin, ...

protein

Archaeology; Evolution

A molecule made up of a sequence of amino acids. Many of the important molecules in a living thing -- for example, all enzymes -- are proteins.

protein

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A long chain of amino acids joined together by peptide bonds (a polypeptide chain).

proteins

Biology; Cell biology

Polymers made up of amino acids that perform a wide variety of cellular functions. One of the classes of organic macromolecules that function as structural and control elements in ...

gene

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Strands of DNA that contain the blueprint of all the molecules that make up our bodies.

nicotine gum, nicotine patch

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Two methods of delivering small amounts of nicotine into the bodies of people who are addicted to nicotine to help them quit smoking cigarettes by preventing nicotine withdrawal.

acute effects

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The short-term effects of a drug. Acute effects are those that people feel shortly after they ingest a drug and are under its influence (e.g., while they are intoxicated).

localization of function

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A principal of brain organization that states that specific places (circuits) in the brain carry out specific functions.

cerebral cortex

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The large, deeply folded outer layers of the brain that make our heads so big. The cortex carries out complex perceptual, cognitive, and motor tasks.

thalamus

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A brain structure that lies between the brain stem and the cortex and acts as a relay to the cortex for almost all sensory inputs and other kinds of information.

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