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dAB

(= single-domain antibody (dAB))

dUTP system mutagenesis

(= Kunkel mutagenesis (dUTP system mutagenesis))

dalton (Da)

The unit of measurement of molecular mass, in g/mol.

dark reaction

(= Calvin cycle (reductive pentose cycle))

dark repair

(see photo-activated repair)

deamination

The abstraction of the elements of ammonia from a compound, e.g. from histidine by the histidine lyase reaction, or from AMP in the adenylate deaminase reaction.

death domain

A sequence of a death-associated protein or its gene, which is common to several death-associated proteins.

death gene

A gene whose expression is associated with apoptosis, e.g. a Ca2+-activated endonuclease that cleaves exposed regions of chromatin to produce nucleosome-sized fragments. (see also oncogene)

death receptor

see death-associated protein

death-associated protein (DAP)

A protein that induces apoptosis. It binds to a death receptor on the plasma membrane, resulting in an intracellular cascade of events that acitivates caspases and eventually causes apoptosis.Cohen, G. (2000) The Biochemist 22(2), 25-27

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