homologous

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  1. adjective Corresponding or similar in position, value, structure, or function.
  2. adjective Biology Similar in structure and evolutionary origin, though not necessarily in function, as the flippers of a seal and the hands of a human.
  3. adjective Immunology Relating to the correspondence between an antigen and the antibody produced in response to it.
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  • "PARP inhibition in these tumor cells with deficient homologous-recombination repair generates unrepaired DNA single-strand breaks that are likely to cause the accumulation of DNA double-strand breaks and collapsed replication forks." —  MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians
  • AM211 is an oral, selective antagonist of the receptor DP2 (also known as CRTH2 or chemoattractant receptor-homologous molecule expressed on Th2 lymphocytes). —  PR Newswire: All Releases
  • "This decrease was associated with increased markers for the non-homologous end-joining DNA repair pathway," according to background information in a Vanderbilt news release. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
  • Currently, there are six well characterized classical non-homologous end-joining (C-NHEJ) factors that repair double strand breaks (DSBs) in mammalian cells. —  EurekAlert! - Breaking News
  • This technique assumes organisms have genes in common, however, or that these "homologous" genes can be identified. —  Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News
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  1. From Greek homologos, agreeing : homo-, homo- + logos, word, proportion; see leg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French homologue = Spanish homólogo = Portuguese homologo = Italian omologo, from New Latin homologus, from Greek ὁμόλογος, agreeing, correspondent, from ὁμός, the same, + λέγειν, speak, later λόγος, proportion, etc.
 

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