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NT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does NT mean? 

NT (noun)
  The noun NT has 1 sense:

1. an organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty; founded in 1895 and supported by endowment and private subscriptionplay

  Familiarity information: NT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty; founded in 1895 and supported by endowment and private subscription

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

National Trust; NT

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

NGO; nongovernmental organization (an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


 Context examples 


Therapy that uses anaerobic bacterium, particularly Clostridium novyi-NT, to kill cancer cells within the hypoxic regions of tumors.

(Bacteriolytic Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes NT-3 growth factor receptor protein, is involved in MAPK signal transduction and cellular differentiation.

(NTRK3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

NT-3 growth factor receptor (839 aa, ~94 kDa) is encoded by the human NTRK3 gene.

(NT-3 Growth Factor Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes BDNF/NT-3 growth factors receptor protein, plays a role in both cellular differentiation and MAPK signal transduction pathways.

(NTRK2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

In the current model for posttranscriptional gene silencing by RNAi, the ribonuclease III like enzyme Dicer processes dsRNA into small fragments (siRNA) of 21-25 nts.

(Dicer Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Due to their anaerobic nature, C. novyi-NT spores do not proliferate in oxygenated tumor regions.

(Clostridium Novyi-NT Spores, NCI Thesaurus)

BDNF/NT-3 growth factors receptor (822 aa, ~92 kDa) is encoded by the human NTRK2 gene.

(BDNF/NT-3 Growth Factors Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

The neurotrophin family consists of nerve growth factor (NGF), brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin 3 (NT-3), and neurotrophin 4 (NT-4).

(Neurotrophin Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

General term for class of proteins whose most important function appears to be binding of some ligand for solubility, transport, bioactivity regulation, or other nonenzymatic process; prefer NTs whenever possible.

(Ligand Binding Protein, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the N-terminal half of the transcription factor ETV6 protein, including the pointed domain, followed by most of the C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of the NT-3 growth factor receptor protein, including the protein tyrosine kinase domain.

(ETV6/NTRK3 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)



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