Category: T

Proteins that move smaller molecules through a membrane.  

An animal into which a foreign DNA has been inserted into its germ line. Organisms that have undergone genetic modification by the insertion of genes from different species into their own genetic makeup.  

Some nutrients (fat-soluble vitamins A and D, some minerals) if consumed in excess can elicit undesirable effects. These effects can be life threatening.  

The relative saturation of the iron-binding protein transferrin.  

The energy lost from an animal system in a form other than as a combustible compound. Heat production may be measured by either direct or indirect calorimetry. In direct calorimetry, heat production is measured directly by physical methods, whereas indirect calorimetry involves some indirect measure of heat such as the measurement of oxygen uptake and…

A means of calculating and comparing the body response to a given stimulus over time as in a glucose tolerance test.  

A nucleotide consisting of thymine (a pyrimidine base) deoxyribose and 1, 2, or 3 phosphate groups.  

Hormones that play a critical role in the immune system. They include thymosin a, (32 fraction 5, thymus humoral factor (THG-γ2), and thymopoietin. Any of the hormones produced by the thymus that may help attract lymphoid stem cells to the thymus and stimulate their development into mature T lymphocytes. These hormones include thymulin, thymopoietin, and…

Control mechanism in which the cells of the anterior hypothalamus of the brain sense a need for water and stimulate drinking behavior.  

A drug that decreases insulin resistance, increases muscle glucose use, decreases gluconeogenesis, increases PPARγ in adipose tissue, and leads to an increase in fatty acid uptake by the adipose tissue. A class of oral hypoglycemic agents that lowers blood sugars by reducing insulin resistance (improving tissue sensitivity to the effects of insulin) in fat and…