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  • SOS response

    A global response to DNA damage in which the cell cycle is arrested and DNA repair and mutagenesis are induced. The “switching on” of genetic repair machinery in this bacteria when its DNA has been damaged (e.g., by radiation).  

  • Soporific

    A sleep inducing drug. Producing sleep. A substance that induces or promotes sleep. Agent that induces sleep. A drug that produces deep sleep. A drug which makes a person go to sleep. To a substance or process that causes sleep. A substance that triggers deep and profound sleep.  

  • Somites

    Mesodermal structures formed during embryonic development that give rise to segmented body parts such as the muscles of the body wall. Any of the paired segmented divisions of mesoderm that develop along the length of the early embryo. The somites differentiate into voluntary muscle, bones, connective tissue, and the deeper layers of the skin. Embryonic…

  • Soleus muscle

    Smaller calf muscle lower down the leg and under the gastrocnemius muscle. Muscle of the foot that I causes plantar flexion when contracted.  

  • Sodium (Na)

    Is an essential nutrient required for health. Sodium cations are important in neuron (brain and nerve) function, and in influencing osmotic balance between cells and the interstitial fluid and in maintenance of total body fluid homeostasis. Extra intake may cause a harmful effect on health. Sodium is naturally supplied by salt intake with food. An…

  • SOD

    Superoxide dismutase, is an enzyme that repairs cells and reduces the damage done to them by superoxide, the most common free radical in the body.  

  • Snuff

    Powder inhaled through the nose. Powdered tobacco introduced to the body through inhalation. A medicinal powder inhaled through the nose. Ground-up moist tobacco placed between the bottom lip and gum. Finely ground tobacco that may be either sniffed through the nose or held between the lower lip and teeth. Powdered tobacco, frequently mixed with other…

  • Smallpox

    Is an acute, contagious and devastating disease in humans caused by Variola virus and have resulted in high mortality over the centuries. An acute infectious disease due to poxvirus, marked by sustained high fever and the appearance of skin eruptions and pustules, leaving small, depressed, depigmented scars. The first disease ever eradicated through human effort…

  • Skp1

    (S-phase kinase-associated protein 1) is a core component of SCF ubiquitin ligases and mediates protein degradation.  

  • SIRC cells

    Statens Seruminstitut Rabbit Cornea (SIRC) cell line.  

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