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a Related Biological Terms:

carbonium ion

(= carbocation (carbonium ion))

carboxyl proteinase

(= aspartate proteinase)

carboxyl-terminal analysis

(= C-terminal (carboxyl-terminal) analysis)

carcinoma

A malignant tumour of mesodermal origin.

cardiac glycoside

(see saponin)

cardiac muscle

A form of striated muscle characteristic of the heart.

carotenoid

A derivative of phytoene, a symmetrical non-cyclic 40-carbon terpene.

carrier

Non-isotopically labelled material that dilutes a labelled tracer and enlarges the pool of the labelled metabolite, thus assisting in its isolation.

cartwheel

(see triplet)

cascade

A series of enzymic reactions that at each step convert an inactive enzyme into an active enzyme, which in turn activates another inactive enzyme, and thus greatly amplifies the initial signal. In a homocascade all the events involve one enzymic type (e.g. proteolysis); in a heterocascade the events involve different enzymic types (e.g. phospholipase and kinase).

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