Nomenclature

... The first group of mutations is defined by: (1) Gene name (HGNC annotations, such as "LDLR" or "BRCA1") and (2) the cDNA (c.) nomenclature (such as c.2389 G>T or c.313+6T>C). The second group is fedined by (1) Gene name (again HGNC annotations), (2) such as mutation (G>A), ...

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Unfortunately, the only law here is the suffix -ine, which is used in most of old nomenclature (like pepsine, leucine etc.; with three exceptions as Tryptoph an and the acidic AAs). The only way to memorize them is just drill, but I will give you a hint, which our ...

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... is what carbohydrate chemists call "non-reducing" while sugars like glucose are "reducing" sugars. We can also use that nomenclature with disaccharide like sucrose, maltose, etc. Sucrose has no reactive hydroxyl group open so it is called a non-reducing disaccharide. ...

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... is what carbohydrate chemists call "non-reducing" while sugars like glucose are "reducing" sugars. We can also use that nomenclature with disaccharide like sucrose, maltose, etc. Sucrose has no reactive hydroxyl group open so it is called a non-reducing disaccharide. ...

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... infection right now and your immune system has got rid of the immune complexes related to the primary infection decades ago. I understand that the nomenclature speaks to inactivity rather than death, because of how the virus can just hang out in your body, but is it possible that some immune systems ...

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