General agriculture

General agriculture

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Gross national product

Agriculture; General agriculture

The value of all final goods and services produced during a year by the factors in a country. It is the sum of expenditures by consumers and governments, gross investment spending, and total ...

Secondary productivity

Agriculture; General agriculture

The amount of carbon incorporated by heterotrophs (animals, saprophytes, herbivores, etc.) from organic matter (food) per unit area over time.

Proteins encoded by homeobox genes that exhibit structural similarity to certain prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA-binding proteins. Homeodomain proteins are involved in the control of gene expression ...

Vesicular transport proteins

Agriculture; General agriculture

A broad category of proteins involved in the formation, transport and dissolution of transport vesicles. They play a role in the intracellular transport of molecules contained within membrane ...

Viral fusion proteins

Agriculture; General agriculture

Proteins, usually glycoproteins, found in the viral envelopes of a variety of viruses. They promote cell membrane fusion and thereby may function in the uptake of the virus by cells. Do not confuse ...

Acute phase proteins

Agriculture; General agriculture

Proteins that are secreted into the blood in increased or decreased quantities by hepatocytes in response to trauma, inflammation, or disease. These proteins can serve as inhibitors or mediators of ...

Environmental protection

Agriculture; General agriculture

Environmental protection includes prevention (avoidance) strategies to protect the environment from future damage or degradation; and control measures to restore and maintain environmental quality.