BRANCHIAL CLEFTS
\bɹˈankɪəl klˈɛfts], \bɹˈankɪəl klˈɛfts], \b_ɹ_ˈa_n_k_ɪ__ə_l k_l_ˈɛ_f_t_s]\
Definitions of BRANCHIAL CLEFTS
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Region containing paired arched columns that bear gills in lower aquatic vertebrates and appear in the embryos of higher vertebrates in comparable form. In higher vertebrates the arches are subsequently modified into structures of the neck and ear.
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.