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differentiation

Medical; Human genome

In cancer, refers to how mature (developed) the cancer cells are in a tumor. Differentiated tumor cells resemble normal cells and tend to grow and spread at a slower rate than ...

dendrite

Medical; Human genome

1) Extensions of the nerve cell body. They are short and branched and receive stimuli from other neurons. 2) A branching protoplasmic process of a neuron that receive and ...

cytochromes

Medical; Human genome

Hemeproteins whose characteristic mode of action involves transfer of reducing equivalents which are associated with a reversible change in oxidation state of the prosthetic ...

direct DNA analysis

Medical; Human genome

The use of mutation analysis, mutation scanning, sequence analysis, or other means of molecular genetic testing to detect a genetic alteration associated with a specific disorder; ...

diplopia

Medical; Human genome

1) A visual symptom in which a single object is perceived by the visual cortex as two objects rather than one. 2) The condition in which a single object appears as two objects.

cytosine, phosphate diester, guanine (CPG) islands

Medical; Human genome

Areas of increased density of the dinucleotide sequence cytosine--phosphate diester--guanine. They form stretches of DNA several hundred to several thousand base pairs long. In ...