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  1. mitochondrion
    part of a cell involved in energy production
    Mistakes in the mitochondria's genetic code can result in serious diseases such as muscular dystrophy, epilepsy, heart problems and mental retardation. Seattle Times (Mar 20, 2013)
    We rarely use the singular of this word. It's almost always mitochondria.
  2. truncated
    cut short in duration
    Truncated mutant B subunit for factor XIII causes its deficiency due to impaired intracellular transportation
  3. factor
    anything that contributes causally to a result
    Truncated mutant B subunit for factor XIII causes its deficiency due to impaired intracellular transportation
  4. deficiency
    lack of an adequate quantity or number
    Truncated mutant B subunit for factor XIII causes its deficiency due to impaired intracellular transportation
  5. impaired
    mentally or physically unfit
    Truncated mutant B subunit for factor XIII causes its deficiency due to impaired intracellular transportation
  6. affiliation
    the act of becoming formally connected or joined
    + Author Affiliations 1 From the Department of Molecular Patho-Biochemistry and Patho-Biology, Department of Pathology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan; Department of Internal Medicine I, Fukushima Prefectural Medical College, Japan; and Department of Pediatrics, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan.
  7. pathology
    the branch of medical science that studies diseases
    + Author Affiliations 1 From the Department of Molecular Patho-Biochemistry and Patho-Biology, Department of Pathology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan; Department of Internal Medicine I, Fukushima Prefectural Medical College, Japan; and Department of Pediatrics, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan.
  8. internal
    located inward
    + Author Affiliations 1 From the Department of Molecular Patho-Biochemistry and Patho-Biology, Department of Pathology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan; Department of Internal Medicine I, Fukushima Prefectural Medical College, Japan; and Department of Pediatrics, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan.
  9. section
    one of several parts or pieces that fit with others
    Ultrathin sections were cut for electron microscopy (EM109, Zeiss, Esslingen, Germany).
  10. boundary
    the line indicating the limit or extent of something
    Both patients have a previously described one-base deletion at the boundary between intron A/exon II in the XIIIB gene, heterozygously or homozygously.
  11. gene
    part of DNA controlling physical characteristics and growth
    Both patients have a previously described one-base deletion at the boundary between intron A/exon II in the XIIIB gene, heterozygously or homozygously.
  12. cultured
    marked by refinement in taste and manners
    To understand the molecular and cellular pathology of the delG mutation, expression studies were performed using a cultured mammalian cell line.
  13. cell
    the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
    To understand the molecular and cellular pathology of the delG mutation, expression studies were performed using a cultured mammalian cell line.
  14. chase
    go after with the intent to catch
    Pulse-chase experiments showed that a resultant truncated XIIIB remained inside the cells and could not be secreted into the culture medium.
  15. medium
    the surrounding environment
    Pulse-chase experiments showed that a resultant truncated XIIIB remained inside the cells and could not be secreted into the culture medium.
  16. electron
    an elementary particle with negative charge
    Furthermore, immunocytochemical examinations by epifluorescence, confocal, and electron microscopes indicated impaired intracellular transportation of the truncated XIIIB from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus.
  17. apparatus
    equipment designed to serve a specific function
    Furthermore, immunocytochemical examinations by epifluorescence, confocal, and electron microscopes indicated impaired intracellular transportation of the truncated XIIIB from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus.
  18. defect
    a failing or deficiency
    These results support a previous conclusion that genetic defects of XIIIB are the basis for the former type I factor XIII deficiency.
  19. inherited
    occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
    Factor XIII deficiency is an inherited hemorrhagic disease characterized by a lifelong bleeding tendency and abnormal wound healing in affected patients and spontaneous abortion in female patients.1-3
  20. characterize
    be typical of
    Factor XIII deficiency is an inherited hemorrhagic disease characterized by a lifelong bleeding tendency and abnormal wound healing in affected patients and spontaneous abortion in female patients.1-3
  21. tendency
    an inclination to do something
    Factor XIII deficiency is an inherited hemorrhagic disease characterized by a lifelong bleeding tendency and abnormal wound healing in affected patients and spontaneous abortion in female patients.1-3
  22. abnormal
    not typical or usual or regular
    Factor XIII deficiency is an inherited hemorrhagic disease characterized by a lifelong bleeding tendency and abnormal wound healing in affected patients and spontaneous abortion in female patients.1-3
Created on Thu May 30 10:40:31 EDT 2013 (updated Thu May 30 10:48:27 EDT 2013)

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