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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A conjugated protein composed of nucleic acid and protein; chromosomes are composed of nucleoproteins.
Industry:Natural environment
A group of proteins that are present in the cells of all living organisms. They are induced when a cell is exposed to various types of environmental stresses, e.g.,heat, cold and oxygen deprivation. Heat shock proteins are also present in cells under normal conditions, assisting in other cellular protein functions and behavior. They also trigger immune responses through both intracellular and extracellular activities; also called stress proteins.
Industry:Natural environment
A muscular contraction in which tension is constant while the length of the muscle changes.
Industry:Natural environment
A sensory branch of a neuron that carries a nervous inpulse to the cell body.
Industry:Natural environment
An animal that possesses a vertebral column (back bone), such as fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Industry:Natural environment
A-naked freshwater or marine protozoan protist that forms temporary pseudopodia for food and water capture, and locomotion -.
Industry:Natural environment
Loss of zooxanthellae with resultant bleaching caused by a specific bacterial infection, as opposed to environmental stress. The bacteria (Vibrio sp.) Produce a toxin which cause lysis of the zooxanthellae. For additional information and illustrations, see: http://www.coral.noaa.gov/coral_disease/bacterial_bleaching.shtml.
Industry:Natural environment
Protective body coloration where the dorsal surface (above) is dark and the ventral surface (below) is lighter.
Industry:Natural environment
The application of modern genomics techniques to the study of communities of microbial organisms directly in their natural environments, bypassing the need for laboratory cultivation of individual species .
Industry:Natural environment
The interruption or suppression of the expression of a gene at the levels of transcription or translation.
Industry:Natural environment
