diesterase


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diesterase

[dī′es·tə‚rās]
(biochemistry)
An enzyme such as a nuclease which splits the linkages binding individual nucleotides of a nucleic acid.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Sections of 5um thick were cut by microtome, stained with haematoxylin and Eosin and mounted on diesterase phthalate xylene.
The Fungicide Thiram may Disrupt Reproductive Cycle of Domestic Male Pigeon (Columba livia domestica) Subjected to a Long Photoperiod
2009 infusion reduced PASP by 6 mm Hg (95% CI: 4 [55] to 8; p = 0.01) Patients with CMS: iron depletion by hemodilution increased PASP from baseline by 9 mm Hg (95% CI: 4 to 14 mm Hg; p = 0.003); subsequent iron replacement had no acute effect on PASP 6MWD: 6-minute walking distance; Cl: confidence interval; CMS: chronic mountain sickness; CO: cardiac output; Hb: hemoglobin; IV: intravenous; PAP: pulmonary arterial pressure; PASP: pulmonary arterial systolic pressure; PDE: phospho diesterase; PH: pulmonary hypertension; PVR: pulmonary vascular resistance; TAPSE: tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion.
Thin Air Resulting in High Pressure: Mountain Sickness and Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension
(28) It appears to work by inhibiting the enzyme phospho diesterase 1 (PDE1), resulting in relaxation of cerebral blood vessel walls.
Block the vascular origins of cognitive decline
Sections of 5 pm thick were cut by microtome, stained with haematoxylin and Eosin and monted on diesterase phthalate xylene.
Antracol administration has disturbed the reproductive cycle of domestic pigeon Columba livia domestica
lysolecithin under the presence of excess pure GPC diesterase. The result showed that both substrates produced choline, indicating the presence of the PLA and LPL activities, or a PLB, in the cell homogenate.
Reminiscence of phospholipase B in Penicillium notatum
Cyclic nucleotide phospho diesterase 3A-deficient mice as a model of female infertility.
The effects of cAMP-elevating agents and alpha lipoic acid on in vitro maturation of mouse germinal vesicle oocytes
Zhou et al., "Phospho diesterase 5 inhibition attenuates cerebral vasospasm and improves functional recovery after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage," Neurosurgery, vol.
Nitric oxide in cerebral vasospasm: theories, measurement, and treatment
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