- Institution/s: Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 180
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Andrés DE PEDRO SCHMIDT, Augustine Edith EMENE, Carmen CUÉLLAR LÁZARO, Isaac MORENO RUIZ, Susana ALVAREZ ALVAREZ
- Creation / modification date: 01-02-2014
- Term: nucleus
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: A large, membrane-bound, usually spherical protoplasmic structure within a living cell, containing the cell's hereditary material and controlling its metabolism, growth, and reproduction.
- Context: For myocardial remodeling to occur, changes in gene expression must occur; therefore, changes in contractile function or wall stress must be communicated to the nucleus via signal transduction pathways.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Remission: abr, tyr. Fuente: CASTELLÓ, F. , DÍAZ, M. C. , JARA, P. Y PÉREZ-CERDÁ, C. (2000). “Protocolo para el diagnóstico y tratamiento de Tirosinemia tipo I hepatorrenal” en Anales Españoles de Pediatría. 53(2):10-15.
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
- Definition: The American Heritage Science Dictionary. (2005). Consultado el 28 de enero de 2014
- Context: NICOL, R.L. et al. (2000) From The Sarcomere To The Nucleus: Role of Genetics and Signaling in Structural Heart Disease. Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics, 1: p. 179.
- Images:
BUSELMAIER, Werner (2012). Biologie für Mediziner. 12. neubearbeitete und erweiterte Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 20.
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