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ENHANCER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities

Example:

pretty girls like plain friends as foils

Synonyms:

enhancer; foil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("enhancer" is a kind of...):

attention (a general interest that leads people to want to know more)

Derivation:

enhance (make better or more attractive)

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Myocyte-specific enhancer factor 2A (507 aa, ~55 kDa) is encoded by the human MEF2A gene.

(Myocyte-Specific Enhancer Factor 2A, NCI Thesaurus)

Myocyte-specific enhancer factor 2B (365 aa, ~39 kDa) is encoded by the human MEF2B gene.

(Myocyte-Specific Enhancer Factor 2B, NCI Thesaurus)

Myocyte-specific enhancer factor 2D (521 aa, ~56 kDa) is encoded by the human MEF2D gene.

(Myocyte-Specific Enhancer Factor 2D, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes enhancer of filamentation 1 protein, plays a role in the coordination of cellular adhesion mediated-signaling.

(NEDD9 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

In B-lymphocytes, NF-kB binds to the immunoglobulin kappa light chain enhancer and in T-lymphocytes it binds to enhancers in virally infected cells, including HIV.

(NF-kB, NCI Thesaurus)

An enhancer which is located 3' of the gene it regulates.

(Downstream Enhancer, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is a transcriptional enhancer that is involved in B- and T-cell maturation.

(DNA-Binding Protein Ikaros, NCI Thesaurus)

Although the mechanism of action has yet to be fully elucidated, plant-derived hematopoiesis enhancer PG2 appears to stimulate multi-lineage progenitor cells that may be closely related to the hematopoietic stem cell.

(Plant-Derived Hematopoiesis Enhancer PG2, NCI Thesaurus)

Originally identified as a cellular transcription factor that binds the enhancer region of SV40.

(AP-2 Family Transcription Factor, NCI Thesaurus)

ETS1 encodes 42-52 kD nuclear phosphoprotein transcription factors that interact with purine-rich promoter/enhancer sequences in the TCRA gene.

(Oncogene ETS, NCI Thesaurus)