CONSERVED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conserved mean? 

• CONSERVED (adjective)
  The adjective CONSERVED has 1 sense:

1. protected from harm or loss

  Familiarity information: CONSERVED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONSERVED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Protected from harm or loss

Similar:

preserved (kept intact or in a particular condition)

 Context examples 

As a highly conserved protein, OFA-iLRP is preferentially expressed in fetal tissues and in many types of cancer, including hematopoietic malignancies, but is not detectable in normal differentiated adult cells.

(Autologous OFA-iLRP RNA-Transfected Dendritic Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Two cysteines in the catalytic domain (one absolutely required for activity) are generally conserved; other conserved residues in the vicinity are important.

(Non-Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The C-terminal leucine zipper and ribosomal S14 motif are not conserved in plant and nematode proteins.

(Neuroblastoma-Amplified Sequence, NCI Thesaurus)

The kinase domain includes an ATP-binding site and many conserved tyrosine kinase features.

(Non-Receptor Tyrosine Kinase 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Expressed in gonads, palcenta and brain, Aromatase and NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (reductase) are both highly conserved, essential components of the enzyme complex and essential for reproductive development and fertility.

(Aromatase, NCI Thesaurus)

A component of an evolutionarily conserved intercellular signaling mechanism, NOTCH4 is expressed in a variety of tissues and appears to regulate cell fate decisions during embryonic vascular morphogenesis and remodeling.

(Notch4 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Despite amino acid variability, ARM repeat structures are highly conserved.

(Armadillo Repeat, NCI Thesaurus)

NEGF2 is a member of a highly conserved, developmentally regulated human gene family.

(Neurite Growth-Promoting Factor 2, NCI Thesaurus)

MYC sequences have been highly conserved throughout evolution, from Drosophila to vertebrates.

(MYC Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The 3D structure of the C2 domain of synaptotagmin has been reported, the domain forms an eight-stranded sandwich constructed around a conserved 4-stranded motif, designated a C2 key.

(C2 Domain, NCI Thesaurus)