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Cells artificially created by fusion of activated lymphocytes with neoplastic cells. The resulting hybrid cells are cloned and produce pure or “monoclonal” antibodies or T-cell products, identical to those produced by the immunologically competent parent, and continually grow and divide as the neoplastic parent. The cell line produced by fusing a myeloma (tumor cell) with…

The genetic process of crossbreeding to produce a hybrid. Hybrid nucleic acids can be formed by nucleic acid hybridization of DNA and RNA molecules. Protein hybridization allows for hybrid proteins to be formed from polypeptide chains. The pairing (tight physical bonding) of two complementary single strands of RNA and/or DNA to give a double-stranded molecule.…

A normal functioning fluid or semifluid of the body (as the blood, lymph or bile) especially of vertebrates. A secretion that is itself an excitant of activity (as certain hormones). A fluid in the body. An archaic term once used for a theory regarding the causation of disease as due to an improper mixture in…

Of, relating to, proceeding from, or involving a bodily humour now often used of endocrine factors as opposed to neural or somatic. Refers to body fluids or substances found in them. Body fluids or the substances contained in them. Relating to human body fluids, in particular blood serum. In the realm of biological terminology, the…

The care and management of property.  

An individual having a homozygous gene pair. An organism in which the corresponding genes (alleles) on the two genomes are identical. An organism which possesses an identical pair of alleles in regard to a given (genetic) characteristic. An organism whose chromosomes carry identical members of any given pair of genes. The gametes are, therefore, all…

Adhesion between neutrophils.  

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 during morphogenesis and development (gene expression regulation, developmental).  

Distinctive sequence of DNA bases. A short sequence of DNA that is 1 80 base pairs long and located in the 3′ exon of certain genes of the Drosophila fly (where they were discovered by Walter Gehring during the 1970s). In the 1980s, Jani Christian Nusslein-Volhard discovered that one homeobox was attached (in adjacent exon)…

Hydrolyzes N-acetyl groups on histones.