See Also: midkine(medicine)

unitize (iou) and midkine (medicine)


unitize (iou)



unitize verb trans. Also unitise. M19.
[from UNIT noun1 + -IZE.]
Form into a unit; unite, make one. M19.
Package (cargo) into unit loads; palletize. M20.
Convert (an investment trust) into a unit trust. L20.
uniti'zation noun (a) the action or process of unitizing; (b) the joint development of a petroleum source which straddles territory controlled by several companies: M20.

midkine (medicine)


midkine
<growth factor> Heparin binding growth factor (13 kD) of the TGF superfamily, has 50% sequence identity with Heparin Binding Growth Associated Molecule (HB GAM). Structurally unrelated to FGF. Midkine was originally described as associated with tooth morphogenesis induced by epithelial mesenchyme interactions. Nucleolin binds midkine.