ParacrineEn biologie cellulaire, la communication paracrine est un mode de signalisation cellulaire impliquant des messagers chimiques qui agissent dans le voisinage de la cellule qui les a synthétisés. C'est par exemple le cas d'un neurone entérique libérant un peptide, la cholécystokinine, à proximité de la membrane plasmique d'une cellule intestinale (entérocyte) ; ce peptide peut interagir avec un récepteur spécifique sur cette membrane pour générer un signal intracellulaire tel que l'inhibition du transport actif de glucose par la cellule.
Pearson correlation coefficientIn statistics, the Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) is a correlation coefficient that measures linear correlation between two sets of data. It is the ratio between the covariance of two variables and the product of their standard deviations; thus, it is essentially a normalized measurement of the covariance, such that the result always has a value between −1 and 1. As with covariance itself, the measure can only reflect a linear correlation of variables, and ignores many other types of relationships or correlations.
Endospore stainingEndospore staining is a technique used in bacteriology to identify the presence of endospores in a bacterial sample. Within bacteria, endospores are protective structures used to survive extreme conditions, including high temperatures making them highly resistant to chemicals. Endospores contain little or no ATP which indicates how dormant they can be. Endospores contain a tough outer coating made up of keratin which protects them from nucleic DNA as well as other adaptations.
Large tumor antigenThe large tumor antigen (also called the large T-antigen and abbreviated LTag or LT) is a protein encoded in the genomes of polyomaviruses, which are small double-stranded DNA viruses. LTag is expressed early in the infectious cycle and is essential for viral proliferation. Containing four well-conserved protein domains as well as several intrinsically disordered regions, LTag is a fairly large multifunctional protein; in most polyomaviruses, it ranges from around 600-800 amino acids in length.
Comparison of raster graphics editorsRaster graphics editors can be compared by many variables, including availability. Basic general information about the editor: creator, company, license, etc. The operating systems on which the editors can run natively, that is, without emulation, virtual machines or compatibility layers. In other words, the software must be specifically coded for the operation system; for example, Adobe Photoshop for Windows running on Linux with Wine does not fit.
TP63Tumor protein p63, typically referred to as p63, also known as transformation-related protein 63 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TP63 (also known as the p63) gene. The TP63 gene was discovered 20 years after the discovery of the p53 tumor suppressor gene and along with p73 constitutes the p53 gene family based on their structural similarity. Despite being discovered significantly later than p53, phylogenetic analysis of p53, p63 and p73, suggest that p63 was the original member of the family from which p53 and p73 evolved.
Substance PLa substance P est un neuropeptide, c'est-à-dire un polypeptide ayant des fonctions de neurotransmetteur et de neuromodulateur. Elle appartient à la classe des tachykinines, classe rassemblant plusieurs peptides ayant en commun une séquence identique dans leur région Carbone terminale. Elle se fixe sur des récepteurs endogènes spécifiques : les récepteurs NK1. C'est un polypeptide constitué de 11 acides aminés (undécapeptide) dont la séquence est la suivante : [Arg-Pro-Lys-Pro-Gln-Gln-Phe-Phe-Gly-Leu-Met].
Acid-fastnessAcid-fastness is a physical property of certain bacterial and eukaryotic cells, as well as some sub-cellular structures, specifically their resistance to decolorization by acids during laboratory staining procedures. Once stained as part of a sample, these organisms can resist the acid and/or ethanol-based decolorization procedures common in many staining protocols, hence the name acid-fast. The mechanisms of acid-fastness vary by species, although the most well-known example is in the genus Mycobacterium, which includes the species responsible for tuberculosis and leprosy.
ParenchymeParenchyme est un terme employé dans différentes acceptions selon le domaine. Le terme provient du grec ancien παρεγχέω, parenkheô, épancher auprès (para = à côté, et egkheô = répandre). vignette|redresse=1.5|Méats bien visibles au niveau du parenchyme médullaire observé au microscope optique après coloration : la disposition des cellules non rayonnante conduit à la présence de ces méats au sein des parois, dans les zones de contact entre trois cellules.
