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  • noun biochemistry an amino acid sequence, (normally at one or more ends), that have a function in building or conforming a protein and are proteolytically removed at maturity

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Examples

  • A biomarker relevant to bone metastasis (serum CTX, collagen telopeptide) showed a response lasting 24 hours.

    BioSpace.com Featured News 2010

  • UroToday. com - N-telopeptide (uNTx) levels measured the in serum of cancer patients reflect bone turnover, excessive bone resorption and are predictive of skeletal related events (SREs), cancer progression and death.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • (BSAP), a marker of bone formation, while a marker of bone resorption, C-terminal type 1 collagen telopeptide (CTX), decreased.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • Cross-linked N-telopeptide of type 1 collagen (NTx) is a specific indicator of bone resorption, generated by osteoclasts as a degradation product of type 1 collagen.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • Chestnut CH 3rd, Bell NH, Clark GS, et al. Hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women: urinary N-telopeptide of type I collagen monitors therapeutic effect and predicts response of bone mineral density.

    The World's Healthiest Foods 2009

  • UroToday. com - N-telopeptide (uNTx) levels measured the in serum of cancer patients reflect bone turnover, excessive bone resorption and are predictive of skeletal related events (SREs), cancer progression and death.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • Those receiving bicarbonate, in an amount equivalent to nine servings of fruits and vegetables daily, experienced much lower levels of calcium loss in the urine, as well as a loss of N-telopeptide, the biochemical marker of bone resorption.

    NYT > Home Page 2009

  • Those receiving bicarbonate, in an amount equivalent to nine servings of fruits and vegetables daily, experienced much lower levels of calcium loss in the urine, as well as a loss of N-telopeptide, the biochemical marker of bone resorption.

    Ventura County Star Stories 2009

  • Measurement of serum carboxyterminal cross-linked telopeptide of type i collagen concentration in dogs with osteosarcoma.

    Muti 2008

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