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anti conformation

In nucleic acid chemistry, the orientation about the glycosidic bond of a nucleoside or nucleotide that places the base away from the sugar moiety; contrasted with the syn conformation, in which the base and sugar are oriented towards each other. (see also Z-DNA)

anti-Lepore haemoglobin

(see Lepore haemoglobin)

anti-ergotypic

Descriptive of killer T-cells that recognize and respond to a cell- surface marker on a T-cell that is actively secreting immunoglobulin; contrasted with anti-idiotypic, descriptive of killer T-cells that are more restricted in that they recognize and respond to a cell-surface marker on T-cells that produce a specific immunoglobulin idiotype.

anti-idiotypic

(see anti-ergotypic)

anti-mutator DNA polymerase

A polymerase with a higher than usual degree of fidelity in proofreading. Reha-Kranz, L.J. (1995) Trends Biochem. Sci. 20, 136-140

anti-oncogene (tumour suppressor gene)

A gene that normally functions to regulate cell proliferation by suppression of the function of an oncogene; one cause of cancer is the loss or damage of anti-oncogenes. Klein, G. (1993) FASEB J. 7, 821-825

anti-terminator

A bacteriophage protein that prevents the normal termination of transcription, e.g. the N protein that binds to nut (N utilization) sites, thus countering the action of the rho protein.

antibiotic

A natural, synthetic or semi-synthetic product, especially a pharmaceutical, that inhibits bacterial growth.

antibody

An immunoglobulin molecule that reacts specifically with another (usually foreign) molecule, the antigen.

antichimaeric assistance

(see entropy effect)

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