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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Transferrin

Transferrin: A protein in the serum which gets bound with the iron and helps in its transportation to the bone marrow.

Transcobalamin

Transcobalamin: A glycoprotein having the ability of binding to cobalamin.

Thymidylic acid

Thymidylic acid: It is an important part of DNA.

Thrombosis

Thrombosis: It denotes the blood clot formation within the blood vessel.

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.

Sickle-cell anemia

Sickle-cell anemia: A hereditary form of anemia.

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.

Proximal

Proximal: Nearer part of the body.

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.

Polycythemia

Polycythemia: Unusual increase in the red blood cells.

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.

Neural

Neural: Relating to nerves.

Myelogenous

Myelogenous: Initiating from bone marrow.

Myelin

Myelin: It is a material composed of proteins and fats and is whitish in colour.

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.

Methionine

Methionine: Sulfur containing nutritionally important amino acid.