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regulation

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regulation /reg·u·la·tion/ (reg?u-la´shun)
1. the act of adjusting or state of being adjusted to a certain standard.
2. in biology, the adaptation of form or behavior of an organism to changed conditions.
3. the power to form a whole embryo from stages before the gastrula.reg´ulatory

reg·u·la·tion (rgy-lshn)
n.
1. The act of regulating or the state of being regulated.
2. A principle, rule, or law designed to control or govern conduct.
3. A governmental order having the force of law.
4. The capacity of an embryo to continue normal development following injury to or alteration of a structure.

regulation
1. the act of adjusting or state of being adjusted to a certain standard.
2. in biology, the adaptation of form or behavior of an organism to changed conditions.
3. the power of a pregastrula stage to form a whole embryo from a part.
4. the biochemical mechanisms that control the expression of genes.
5. in law the lesser rules promulgated under the authority of an Act of Parliament, and which can be altered by consultation short of presenting a bill to the Parliament.

feedback regulation
a mechanism for regulating metabolic processes involving the active and regulatory sites of allosteric enzyme proteins.


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