See Also: inferior macular venule(medicine)
superior macular venule(medicine)
inferior temporal venule of retina(medicine)
inferior nasal venule of retina(medicine)
inferior macular arteriole(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
venule(medicine)
venule(dictionary)
postcapillary venule(medicine)
medial venule of retina(medicine)

p53 (medicine) and inferior macular venule (medicine)


p53 (medicine)


p53
<molecular biology, oncogene> A gene which encodes a protein that regulates cell growth and is able to cause potentially cancerous cells to destroy themselves.

In humans it is a 393 residue phosphoprotein that is a tumour suppressor gene rather than an oncogene, as it is frequently inactivated or mutated in tumours and transformed cells.

The gene is an antioncogene, and is often found mutated in smokers with lung cancer by a compound found in tobacco smoke, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon called benzo[a]pyrene.

The protein it encodes is a phosphoprotein that is 53 kilodaltons in mass.


inferior macular venule (medicine)


inferior macular venule


A small tributary of the central vein of the retina that drains the lower part of the macula.

Synonym: venula macularis inferior.