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1) The process by which cells digest parts of their own cytoplasm; allows for both recycling of macromolecular constituents under conditions of nutrient limitation and remodeling the intracellular structure for cell differentiation.
2) Digestion of cellular constituents by enzymes of the same cell.
Industry:Health care
1) The process by which maternally and paternally derived chromosomes are uniquely chemically modified leading to different expression of a certain gene or genes on those chromosomes depending on their parental origin.
2) A phenomenon in which the disease phenotype depends on which parent passed on the disease gene. For instance, both Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes are inherited when the same part of chromosome 15 is missing. When the father's complement of 15 is missing, the child has Prader-Willi, but when the mother's complement of 15 is missing, the child has Angelman syndrome.
3) A biochemical phenomenon that determines, for certain genes, which one of the pair of alleles, the mother's or the father's, will be active in that individual.
Industry:Health care
1) The process by which the nature and meaning of sensory stimuli are recognized and interpreted.
2) The process of producing an internal, conscious image through stimulating a sensory system; it involves the recognition that stimulation has occurred, and the ability to discriminate various aspects of the stimulus.
3) Awareness of the elements of environment through physical sensation <color perception> <some sensation of perception of the extremity after amputation is felt by 98% of patients>
Industry:Health care
1) The process of bone formation. Histogenesis of bone including ossification.
2) The formation of bone or of a bony substance, or the conversion of fibrous tissue or of cartilage into bone or a bony substance.
Industry:Health care
1) The process of cleaving a chemical compound by the addition of a molecule of water.
2) A chemical reaction that uses water to break down a compound.
Industry:Health care
1) The process of copying information from DNA into new strands of messenger RNA (mRNA). The mRNA then carries this information to the cytoplasm, where it serves as the blueprint for the manufacture of a specific protein.
2) The synthesis of an RNA copy from a sequence of DNA (a gene); the first step in gene expression.
3) Transcription is the process of making an RNA copy of a gene sequence. This copy, called a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule, leaves the cell nucleus and enters the cytoplasm, where it directs the synthesis of the protein, which it encodes.
Industry:Health care
1) The process of copying information from DNA into new strands of messenger RNA (mRNA). The mRNA then carries this information to the cytoplasm, where it serves as the blueprint for the manufacture of a specific protein.
2) The synthesis of an RNA copy from a sequence of DNA (a gene); the first step in gene expression.
3) Transcription is the process of making an RNA copy of a gene sequence. This copy, called a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule, leaves the cell nucleus and enters the cytoplasm, where it directs the synthesis of the protein, which it encodes.
Industry:Health care
1) The process of division of somatic cells in which each daughter cell receives the same amount of DNA as the parent cell.
2) The process of nuclear division in cells that produces daughter cells that are genetically identical to each other and to the parent cell.
3) Mitosis is a cellular process that replicates chromosomes and produces two identical nuclei in preparation for cell division. Generally, mitosis is immediately followed by the equal division of the cell nuclei and other cell contents into two daughter cells.
Industry:Health care
1) The process of division of somatic cells in which each daughter cell receives the same amount of DNA as the parent cell.
2) The process of nuclear division in cells that produces daughter cells that are genetically identical to each other and to the parent cell.
3) Mitosis is a cellular process that replicates chromosomes and produces two identical nuclei in preparation for cell division. Generally, mitosis is immediately followed by the equal division of the cell nuclei and other cell contents into two daughter cells.
Industry:Health care
1) The process of forming a protein molecule at a ribosomal site of protein synthesis from information contained in messenger RNA.
2) The process of turning instructions from mRNA, base by base, into chains of amino acids that then fold into proteins. This process takes place in the cytoplasm, on structures called ribosomes.
3) Translation is the process of translating the sequence of a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule to a sequence of amino acids during protein synthesis. The genetic code describes the relationship between the sequence of base pairs in a gene and the corresponding amino acid sequence that it encodes. In the cell cytoplasm, the ribosome reads the sequence of the mRNA in groups of three bases to assemble the protein.
Industry:Health care
