PTC

There are multiple definitions:

  1. plasma thromboplastin component(English)

  2. pheochromocytoma with thyroid medulla carcinoma(English)

  3. posterior thigh circumflex vein(English)

  4. peritubular capillary [rarefaction](English)

  5. phase-transfer catalyst(English)

  6. percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography(English)

  7. pseudotumor cerebri(English)

  8. premature termination codon(English)

  9. phenylthiocarbamide(English)

  10. parathyroid cell(English)

  11. psychophysical tuning curve(English)

  12. proximal thoracic curve(English)

  13. premature termination codon(English)

    • arises from single nucleotide mutations that convert a canonical triplet nucleotide codon into one of three stop codons, e.g., TAG, TGA, or TAA. PTCs are often more deleterious than missense mutations because they result in the loss of protein expression
    • mRNA, NAS, NMD
    • Biochemistry
    • https://doi.org…467-019-08329-4
  14. papillary thyroid cancer/carcinoma(English)