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• 01:31, 4 January 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-2)‎ . . Trichomoniasis ‎ (current)
• 23:32, 24 October 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+185)‎ . . N Dialysis ‎ (Created page with "Dialysis is a procedure that separates waste material from the blood and maintains fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance in impaired kidney function or in the absence of the ...") (current)
• 23:32, 24 October 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+187)‎ . . N Cheyne-Stokes respiration ‎ (Created page with "Cheyne-Stokes respiration is a rhythmic cycle of breathing with a gradual increase in respiration followed by apnea, which may last from 10 to 60 seconds, then a repeat of the sa...") (current)
• 17:36, 24 October 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+191)‎ . . N Lysis ‎ (Created page with "Lysis refers to the breaking down of a cell, often by viral, enzymic, or osmotic mechanisms that compromise its integrity. A fluid containing the contents of lysed cells is calle...") (current)
• 17:36, 24 October 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+20)‎ . . N Lyse ‎ (Redirected page to Lysis) (current)
• 00:15, 24 October 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+38)‎ . . Hypochondriac ‎ (current)
• 00:15, 24 October 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+93)‎ . . N Hypochondriac ‎ (Created page with "A person unduly concerned with health and often suffering from delusions of physical disease.")
• 23:16, 23 October 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2,885)‎ . . N Hypermobility ‎ (Created page with "Being double jointed doesn't mean people have been born with a second set of joints. More accurately the condition is referred to as joint hypermobility or laxity. What this name...") (current)
• 01:51, 15 August 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+4,035)‎ . . N Hyperhidrosis ‎ (Created page with "==== Overview ==== Hyperhidrosis is a medical condition in which a person sweats excessively and unpredictably. People with hyperhidrosis may sweat even when the temperature is ...") (current)
• 15:34, 27 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+686)‎ . . Lod score ‎ (current)
• 15:32, 27 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+122)‎ . . N Syntenic gene ‎ (Created page with "The condition of two or more genes being on the same chromosome whether or not there is demonstrable linkage between them.") (current)
• 15:32, 27 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+367)‎ . . N Linked gene ‎ (Created page with "Genes are called linked when they are physically close to each other on the same chromosome. Their physical proximity limits or prevents recombination between them at meiosis, so...") (current)
• 14:55, 27 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+491)‎ . . N Luciferase ‎ (Created page with "Luciferase is a generic term for the class of oxidative enzymes used in bioluminescence and is distinct from a photoprotein. One famous example is the firefly luciferase from the...") (current)
• 14:53, 27 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+184)‎ . . N R-plasmid ‎ (Created page with "R plasmid (resistance plasmid) is a conjugative factor in bacterial cells that promotes resistance to agents such as antibiotics, metal ions, ultraviolet radiation, and bacteriop...") (current)
• 14:29, 27 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+26)‎ . . N Bacterial conjugation ‎ (Redirected page to Conjugation) (current)
• 14:29, 27 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+969)‎ . . N Agrobacterium tumefaciens ‎ (Created page with "''Agrobacterium tumefaciens'' (updated scientific name: Rhizobium radiobacter) is the causal agent of crown gall disease (the formation of tumours) in over 140 species of dicot. ...") (current)
• 14:24, 27 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+532)‎ . . N Intron splicing ‎ (Created page with "In molecular biology and genetics, splicing is a modification of the nascent pre-mRNA taking place after or concurrently with its transcription, in which introns are removed and ...") (current)
• 14:08, 27 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,337)‎ . . N Polyadenylation ‎ (Created page with "Polyadenylation is the addition of a poly(A) tail to an RNA molecule. The poly(A) tail consists of multiple adenosine monophosphates; in other words, it is a stretch of RNA that ...") (current)
• 14:07, 27 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+533)‎ . . N 5' capping ‎ (Created page with "The 5' cap is a specially altered nucleotide on the 5' end of precursor messenger RNA and some other primary RNA transcripts as found in eukaryotes. The process of 5' capping is ...") (current)
• 14:05, 27 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,041)‎ . . N Rho protein ‎ (Created page with "Rho protein functions as a hexamer of a single polypeptide chain with 419 residues, which is the product of the rho gene. It is an RNA-binding protein with the capacity to hydrol...") (current)
• 14:03, 27 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+342)‎ . . N Band shift assay ‎ (Created page with "Also called gel shift or electrophoretic mobility shift is a method for detecting DNA-binding proteins. A band shift is observed when a protein forms a complex with a DNA fragmen...") (current)
• 14:03, 27 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+486)‎ . . N Streptomycin ‎ (Created page with "Streptomycin is an antibiotic drug, the first of a class of drugs called aminoglycosides to be discovered, and was the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis. It is derived fro...")
• 13:46, 26 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+402)‎ . . N Doxycycline ‎ (Created page with "Doxycycline is a tetracycline antibiotic. It fights bacteria in the body. Doxycycline is used to treat many different bacterial infections, such as urinary tract infections, acn...") (current)
• 13:45, 26 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+609)‎ . . N Tetracycline ‎ (Created page with "Tetracycline, is used to treat bacterial infections, including pneumonia and other respiratory tract infections; acne; infections of skin, genital and urinary systems; and the in...") (current)
• 13:45, 26 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,201)‎ . . N Chloramphenicol ‎ (Created page with "Chloramphenicol (INN) is a bacteriostatic antimicrobial that became available in 1949. It is considered a prototypical broad-spectrum antibiotic, alongside the tetracyclines, and...") (current)
• 13:44, 26 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+382)‎ . . N Murine typhus ‎ (Created page with "Murine typhus (also called endemic typhus) is a form of typhus transmitted by fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), usually on rats. (This is in contrast to epidemic typhus, which ...") (current)
• 13:43, 26 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+481)‎ . . N Scrub typhus ‎ (Created page with "Scrub typhus or Bush typhus is a form of typhus caused by the intracellular parasite ''Orientia tsutsugamushi'', a gram-negative α-proteobacterium of family Rickettsiaceae first...") (current)
• 13:42, 26 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+15)‎ . . Ehrlichiosis ‎ (current)
• 13:41, 26 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,199)‎ . . N Ehrlichiosis ‎ (Created page with "Ehrlichiosis is an infectious disease transmitted by the bite of a tick. ==== Causes, incidence, and risk factors ==== Ehrlichiosis is caused by bacteria that belong to the fam...")
• 13:40, 26 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+942)‎ . . N Epidemic typhus ‎ (Created page with "Epidemic typhus (also called "camp fever", "jail fever", "hospital fever", "ship fever", "famine fever", "putrid fever", "petechial fever", "Epidemic louse-borne typhus," and "lo...") (current)
• 13:38, 26 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,230)‎ . . N Rocky Mountain spotted fever ‎ (Created page with "Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a disease brought on by a type of bacteria carried by ticks. ==== Causes, incidence, and risk factors ==== Rocky Mountain spotted fever is cause...") (current)
• 23:05, 24 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+359)‎ . . N Endosymbiont ‎ (Created page with "An endosymbiont is any organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism, i.e. forming an endosymbiosis. Examples are nitrogen-fixing bacteria (called rhizobia) wh...") (current)
• 23:04, 24 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+618)‎ . . N Proteobacteria ‎ (Created page with "The Proteobacteria are a major group (phylum) of bacteria. They include a wide variety of pathogens, such as Escherichia, Salmonella, Vibrio, Helicobacter, and many other notable...") (current)
• 22:48, 24 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+730)‎ . . N Antennapedia complex ‎ (Created page with "Antennapedia is a HOM-C gene first discovered in Drosophila which controls the formation of legs during development. Loss-of-function mutations in the regulatory region of this g...") (current)
• 22:46, 24 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+733)‎ . . N Hox gene ‎ (Created page with "Hox genes are a group of related genes that determine the basic structure and orientation of an organism. Hox genes are critical for the proper placement of segment structures o...") (current)
• 19:29, 9 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+46)‎ . . N Polymerase chain reaction ‎ (Redirected page to Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)) (current)
• 18:20, 8 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+216)‎ . . N Alcohol ‎ (Created page with "In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxyl functional group (-OH) is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, hav...")
• 18:19, 8 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+387)‎ . . N Ethanol ‎ (Created page with "Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is a psychoactive drug and one of the oldest ...")
• 15:59, 4 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+295)‎ . . N Paramecia ‎ (Created page with "Paramecia is a non-mineralized Ediacaran alga with a differentiated, compartmentalized thallus; it probably had multiple phases in its lifecycle. Possible reproductive structures...") (current)
• 18:40, 27 January 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+419)‎ . . N Mevalonic acid ‎ (Created page with "Mevalonic acid is a precursor in the biosynthetic pathway, known as the mevalonate pathway, that produces terpenes and steroids. Mevalonic acid is the primary precursor of isopen...") (current)
• 17:23, 26 January 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,863)‎ . . N Dinoflagellate ‎ (Created page with "Dinoflagellates are microscopic, (usually) unicellular, flagellated, often photosynthetic protists, commonly regarded as "algae" (Division Dinoflagellata). They are characterized...")
• 23:44, 22 January 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2,085)‎ . . N Celiac disease ‎ (Created page with "Celiac disease is a disease of the small intestine. The small intestine is a 22 foot long tube that begins at the stomach and ends at the large intestine (colon). The first 10 in...") (current)
• 23:36, 22 January 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+550)‎ . . N Denature ‎ (Created page with "Denaturation is a process in which proteins or nucleic acids lose the tertiary structure and secondary structure which is present in their native state, by application of some ex...") (current)
• 20:03, 13 January 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+529)‎ . . N Hyperinsulinemia ‎ (Created page with "Hyperinsulemia means having too much insulin in the bloodstream. Hyperinsulemia is a common condition in Type 2 diabetes with underlying cause of insulin resistence. It is a some...") (current)
• 19:10, 12 January 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+7)‎ . . Serine ‎ (current)
• 19:09, 12 January 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+3)‎ . . Serine ‎
• 19:09, 12 January 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,312)‎ . . N Serine ‎ (Created page with "One of the standard set of 20 amino acids. The side chain of serine is chemically equivalent to a substituted methanol. The hydroxyl group of the serine side chain can act as a h...")
• 19:08, 12 January 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+761)‎ . . N Alanine ‎ (Created page with "One of the set of 20 "standard" amino acids, alanine is the most "vanilla" of all: its side chain is just a methyl group. Alanine is often considered to be a hydrophobic residue,...") (current)
• 20:47, 2 January 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+182)‎ . . Aldosterone ‎ (current)
• 15:33, 24 December 2011 (diff | hist) . . (+76)‎ . . N Angiogenesis ‎ (Created page with "Angiogenesis refers to the formation and stabilization of new blood vessels.") (current)

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