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contiguous gene syndrome

Medical; Human genome

A syndrome caused by a microdeletion that spans two or more genes tandemly positioned along a chromosome. Microdeletion is often too small to be visualized using conventional ...

cutaneous

Medical; Human genome

Having to do with the skin.

cytochrome P450

Medical; Human genome

A superfamily of hundreds of closely related hemeproteins found throughout the phylogenetic spectrum, from animals, plants, fungi, to bacteria. They include numerous complex ...

DNA damage

Medical; Human genome

1) Drug or radiation effects on DNA that interfere with normal function, including conformational distortions and covalent gene mutations. 2) Drug- or radiation-induced injuries ...

deletion

Medical; Human genome

1) Absence of a segment of DNA; may be as small as a single base or large enough to encompass one or more entire genes. Large deletions involving a whole segment of a chromosome ...

coronal

Medical; Human genome

1) Of, relating to, or being a corona. 2) Lying in the direction of the coronal suture. 3: Of or relating to the frontal plane that passes through the long axis of the body.

depletion

Medical; Human genome

The act or process of depleting or the state of being depleted: as a: the reduction or loss of blood, body fluids, chemical constituents, or stored materials from the body (as by ...