Glossary of terms used on this site
Glossary of biology.
Glossaries
Term | Main definition |
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T cell | Glossaries - Biology glossary lymphocyte that matures in the thymus gland; one of the main cells involved in the adaptive immune system |
Tachyglossidae | Glossaries - Biology glossary clade that includes the echidna or spiny anteater |
tadpole | Glossaries - Biology glossary larval stage of a frog |
tap root system | Glossaries - Biology glossary type of root system with a main root that grows vertically with few lateral roots; found in dicots |
target cell | Glossaries - Biology glossary cell that has a receptor for a signal or ligand from a signaling cell |
tarsal | Glossaries - Biology glossary one of the seven bones of the ankle |
tastant | Glossaries - Biology glossary food molecule that stimulates gustatory receptors |
taste bud | Glossaries - Biology glossary clusters of taste cells |
TATA box | Glossaries - Biology glossary conserved promoter sequence in eukaryotes and prokaryotes that helps to establish the initiation site for transcription |
taxis | Glossaries - Biology glossary directed movement in response to a stimulus |
TCA cycle | Glossaries - Biology glossary (also citric acid cycle) alternate name for the citric acid cycle, named after the group name for citric acid, tricarboxylic acid (TCA); see citric acid cycle |
tegmen | Glossaries - Biology glossary inner layer of the seed coat |
teichoic acid | Glossaries - Biology glossary |
telomerase | Glossaries - Biology glossary enzyme that contains a catalytic part and an inbuilt RNA template; it functions to maintain telomeres at chromosome ends |
telomere | Glossaries - Biology glossary DNA at the end of linear chromosomes |