Term | Definition |
Polymerization | Arrangement of haemoglobin within the red blood cell as long parallel fibres |
Microcapillaries | The microvessels that carry blood from arterioles to venules. They are lined by the endothelial walls and they serve as an exchange site between the intravascular compartment and the interstitium |
Lyse | Break down |
peroxidation | Loss of free electron to free radicals |
neutralizing | Removing the toxic effect |
resonance delocalization | Release of free electron from a covalent bond |
cell signaling | Transfer of information from receptors on the cell surface to the nucleus for gene expression |
gene expression | Process by which nucleotide sequence is being used for protein synthesis |