HOMOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homology mean? 

• HOMOLOGY (noun)
  The noun HOMOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

similarity (the quality of being similar)

Derivation:

homologic; homological (similar in evolutionary origin but not in function)

homologize (make homologous)

homologize (be homologous)

homologous (corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species)

 Context examples 

Fibroblast Growth Factor 4 is a heparin-binding growth factor with significant homology to human fibroblast growth factors that appears to function in limb development in conjunction with the SHH pathway.

(Fibroblast Growth Factor 4, NCI Thesaurus)

The metabotropic glutamate receptors are a family of G protein-coupled neurotransmitter receptors, that have been divided into 3 groups on the basis of sequence homology, putative signal transduction mechanisms, and pharmacologic properties.

(Glutamate Receptor, Metabotropic 6, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

Grb7 is the prototype of a family of adaptor molecules that also include Grb10 and Grb14 that share a conserved molecular architecture including Src homology 2 (SH2) and pleckstrin homology (PH) domains.

(Growth Factor Receptor-Bound Protein 7, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the LIS1 homology domain of the FGFR1 oncogene partner protein followed by the tyrosine kinase domains of the basic fibroblast growth factor receptor 1.

(FGFR1OP/FGFR1 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

ETS family proteins exhibit sequence homology with the transcription factor ETS protooncogene.

(ETS Family Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

A family of proteins that contain both an IRS-type phosphotyrosine binding domain and a pleckstrin homology domain.

(DOK Related Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

TWEAKR is a cell-surface receptor with homology to tumor necrosis factor receptors.

(Enavatuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)

This homology suggests that CEM15 may itself have an enzyme activity that modifies HIV RNA to render virus non-infectious.

(HIV-1 Infection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

MYC family proteins exhibit sequence homology with the transcription factor MYC protooncogene.

(MYC Family Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Oncogene TIM encodes a predicted 60 kD protein containing a DBL homology domain, shared by several signal transducing regulators of small GTP-binding proteins.

(Oncogene TIM, NCI Thesaurus)