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UBIQUITOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being present everywhere at once
Synonyms:
omnipresent; ubiquitous
Classified under:
Similar:
present (being or existing in a specified place)
Derivation:
ubiquitousness; ubiquity (the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once))
Context examples:
A ubiquitous tissue culture model for nontransformed animal cells; derived from nonneoplastic immortalized fibroblasts.
(NIH/3T3, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
Mucins are highly O-glycosylated glycoproteins ubiquitous in mucous secretions on cell surfaces and in body fluids.
(O-Glycan Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
Ubiquitous, inducible, nuclear transcriptional activator that binds to enhancer elements in many different cell types and is activated by pathogenic stimuli.
(NF-kB, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Encoded by human DAXX Gene (DAXX Family), ubiquitous nuclear/cytoplasmic Death Domain-Associated Protein 6 is a 740-amino acid 81.4-kD sumoylated putative phosphohomomultimer with NLS, Glu-rich, and JNK activation domains.
(Death Domain-Associated Protein 6, NCI Thesaurus)
Encoded by human MLN51 Gene, ubiquitous cytoplasmic 76.3 kD MLN51 Protein contains 703 residues that share no significant homology with any known protein.
(MLN51 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
Human HMG Family Genes encode ubiquitous non-histone HMG chromatin proteins originally named according to PAGE electrophoretic mobility, shared physical properties, and association with chromatin.
(HMG Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
E3 Ubiquitin Ligases are ATP-dependent enzymes that catalyze the formation of a covalent bond between ubiquitous intracellular Ubiquitin proteins and other proteins, often to mark them for nonlysosomal proteasomal degradation or targeted transport.
(E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, NCI Thesaurus)
Olfactory signals are ubiquitous among mammals and serve to advertise quality and reproductive state, but they are poorly understood, said Michelle Elekonich, a program director in NSF's Directorate for Biological Sciences.
(Lemurs can smell whether a mate's immune genes are a good match, National Science Foundation)
A species of mold fungus in the phylum Ascomycota that is ubiquitous in the environment.
(Aspergillus brasiliensis, NCI Thesaurus)
Ubiquitous heterodimeric human Calcineurin is Ca(2+)/calmodulin-regulated protein phosphatase involved in many biologic activities as a modifier of phosphorylation status.
(Calcineurin, NCI Thesaurus)
