Medicine

Medicine

The science and art of healing that employs a variety of health care practices to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

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Activator protein 1

Medical; Medicine

A multiprotein complex composed of the products of c-jun and c-fos proto-oncogenes. These proteins must dimerize in order to bind to the AP-1 recognition site, also known as the TPA-responsive ...

Activator protein AP 2

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A family of DNA binding proteins that regulate expression of a variety of genes during cell differentiation and apoptosis. Family members contain a highly conserved carboxy-terminal basic ...

Activator 1 protein

Medical; Medicine

A DNA-binding protein that consists of 5 polypeptides and plays an essential role in DNA replication in eukaryotes. It binds DNA primer-template junctions and recruits proliferating cell nuclear ...

Activator appliance

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Loose-fitting removable orthodontic appliances which redirect the pressures of the facial and masticatory muscles onto the teeth and their supporting structures to produce improvements in tooth ...

Active biologic transport

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The movement of materials across cell membranes and epithelial layers against an electrochemical gradient, requiring the expenditure of metabolic energy.

Active euthanasia

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The act or practise of killing for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person or animal from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death.

Activation analysis

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A method of chemical analysis based on the detection of characteristic radionuclides following a nuclear bombardment. It is also known as radioactivity analysis.