Organ A group of tissues which work together as a single unit to perform a particular function within a multicellular organism. A microbe or some type of other organism that can cause disease . A large molecule composed of one or more chains of amino acids in a specific order. This order is determined by the base sequence of nucleotides in the gene coding for the protein. Proteins are required for the structure, function, and regulation of the body's cells, tissues, and organs, and each protein has unique functions.
Examples are hormones , enzymes , and antibodies.
R Rational Drug Design Structure-based drug design that relies heavily upon computer modeling to modify an existing drug or design a new drug which will interact specifically with a selected molecular target important in disease progression. A compound having a complicated, single-strand structure found in the nucleus, cytoplasm, and ribosome's of all living cells and functioning in the synthesis of proteins. HIV is often contracted through sexual intercourse. Strain A population of cells that are descended from one single cell. Can also refer to a virus that has descended from a particular type of a specific virus.