Human Genome terms starting with N

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1. neurofibromatosis An inherited progressive disorder in which tumors form on peripheral nerves. The tumors can be severely disfiguring and can also result in loss of hearing…
2. Niemann-Pick disease, type C (NPC) A disease that causes progressive deterioration of the nervous system by blocking movement of cholesterol within cells.
3. Nitrogenous base The purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (cytosine, and thymine or uracil ) that are present in DNA and RNA.
4. non-coding DNA The strand of DNA that does not carry the information necessary to make a protein.
5. non-directiveness The process by which genetic counselors advise clients toward a certain test or outcome, particularly related to child-bearing issues, without pressure or…
6. nonsense mutation A mutation which converts an amino-acid-specifying codon into a stop codon, e.g.
7. Northern blot A technique analogous to Southern blotting, but involving the transfer of RNA from an to a membrane, prior to probing.
8. Nuclear transfer A technology by which novel animals are generated by cloning a single diploid somatic cell.
9. Nucleic acid A macromolecule consisting of polymerized nucleotides . Two forms are found, DNA and RNA.
10. Nucleolar organizing region A part of the chromosome containing rRNA genes.
11. Nucleotide (NOO-klee-oh-TIDE) A building block for nucleic acids (the molecules inside cells that carry genetic information).
12. Nucleus (NOO-klee-us) In biology, the structure in a cell that contains the chromosomes.