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  • Keratinophilic

    Having an affinity for keratin. Growing upon substances rich in keratin, such as hair, feathers, nails, and hoofs.  

  • Keratinocyte

    Is the major constituent of the epidermis, constituting 95% of the cells found there. A cell which produces keratin. Epidermal cells which synthesize keratin and undergo characteristic changes as they move upward from the basal layers of the epidermis to the cornified (horny) layer of the skin. Successive stages of differentiation of the keratinocytes forming…

  • Keratin

    A sulphur-containing protein which is a major component in skin, hair, nails, hooves, horns, and teeth. A class of fibrous proteins or scleroproteins important both as structural proteins and as keys to the study of protein conformation. The family represents the principal constituent of epidermis, hair, nails, horny tissues, and the organic matrix of tooth…

  • Kaposi sarcoma herpes virus (KSHV)

    Also known as human herpesvirus-8, is a gamma 2 herpesvirus or rhadinovirus. It plays an important role in the pathogenesis of Kaposi sarcoma (KS), multicentric Castleman disease (MCD) of the plasma cell type, and primary effusion lymphoma and occurs in HIV patients.  

  • KB cell

    A cell line derived from a human carcinoma of the nasopharynx, used as an assay for antineoplastic (anti-tumour) agents.  

  • Jurkat cells

    A line of T lymphocyte cells that are used to study acute T cell leukemia.  

  • JNK (Jun N-terminal Kinase)

    Also known as Stress Activated Protein Kinase (SAPK), belongs to the family of MAP kinases.  

  • Jaundice

    Jaundice

    Refers to the yellow color of the skin and whites of the eyes caused by excess bilirubin in the blood. Yellowish discoloration of the whites of the eyes, skin and mucous membranes caused by deposition of bile salts in these tissues. Yellowness of the skin, mucus membranes and secretions, as a result of bile pigments…

  • Jamu

    Traditional Indonesian herbal medicine.  

  • Isomers

    Substances that are composed of the same elements in the same proportions and hence have the same molecular formula but differ in properties because of differences in the arrangement of atoms. Compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formulas. Molecules that have the same empirical formula but differ in position of substituents or…

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