Transferrin: A protein in the serum which gets bound with the iron and helps in its transportation to the bone marrow.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Thalasemia
Thalasemia: It is a hereditary type of anemia that is characterized by the disturbance in the synthesis of hemoglobin.
Succinyl-CoA
Succinyl-CoA: It is an intermediate product in the tricarboxylic acid cycle and is formed by the condensation of succinic acid and CoA.
Recombinant DNA technology
Recombinant DNA technology: It is the joining or recombining of two or more DNA pieces from different sources to yield a single (piece of) fragment.
Protoporphyrin
Protoporphyrin: A porphyrin acid that upon combination with iron forms iron containing proteins such as hemoglobin and cytochrome.
Porphyrin
Porphyrin: Compound in plants and animals consisted of four pyrrole rings that are linked with methylene group.
Polyglutamic acid
Polyglutamic acid: It is an acid made by the repeating molecules of glutamic acid residues in the normal peptide linkage.
Pernicious anemia
Pernicious anemia: It is a serious type of anemia, usually in older age, characterized by the inability of the body to absorb vitamin B12.
Mutase
Mutase: An enzyme involved in changing the arrangement of the certain molecules in a substance especially causing the movement of phosphate group from one atom of carbon to another.
Methylmalonyl-CoA
Methylmalonyl-CoA: Methylmalonyl-CoA has four atoms of carbon and is formed by the addition of carbon dioxide to propionyl coenzyme-A.
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