All articles starting with M

Male specific sperm protein

Major sperm protein (MSP), male specific sperm protein, is a 14-kDa nematode sperm protein forming the cytoskeleton for sperm crawling and a hormone triggering oocyte maturation; unique to Nematoda, hyper-conserved, related to human VAP proteins.

Male Urologic Surgical Procedures

Male urologic surgical procedures (MeSH D013521): surgery on the male genitalia, covering prostatectomy, vasectomy, circumcision, orchiectomy, orchiopexy, and penile implantation, plus endoscopic, robotic, and reconstructive techniques.

Male-specific protein scotti

Male-specific protein scotti (Soti, soti/CG8489, UniProt Q9VFK3) is a Drosophila melanogaster sperm protein, a pseudosubstrate inhibitor of a Cullin-3 E3 ligase required for caspase-regulated spermatid individualization; mutants are male sterile.

Malea Patera

Malea Patera is a large patera, or low-relief volcanic depression, in Malea Planum south of Hellas basin on Mars; about 242 km across, IAU-named 2003, likely a 3.9–3.8 Ga collapse caldera.

Malea Planum

Malea Planum: large volcanic plain in Mars' southern hemisphere southwest of Hellas basin, ~1.2 million km², oldest large Martian volcanic province, hosting Amphitrites, Peneus, Malea, and Pityusa Paterae and young ice-rich mantle.

Malebo Pool

Malebo Pool (formerly Stanley Pool) is a 35-km-long, lake-like widening of the Congo River between the DRC and Republic of the Congo, with Kinshasa and Brazzaville on opposite shores, formed by a rock-sill barrier above the lower Congo rapids.

Malebolge

Malebolge is Dante's invented name for the eighth circle of Hell in the Inferno: ten concentric ditches (bolge) of iron-colored stone where ten classes of fraudulent sinners are punished, cantos XVIII-XXX.

Malebolgia

Malebolgia: demon lord of the Eighth Circle of Hell, original main antagonist of Todd McFarlane's Spawn (first appearance Spawn #1, May 1992), who made Al Simmons a Hellspawn, was slain in Spawn #100, and returned in 2026.

Maleconazo

The Maleconazo was the popular name for spontaneous anti-government protests along Havana's Malecón on August 5, 1994, which triggered the balsero exodus of over 35,000 Cubans.

Malectin

Malectin (MLEC, KIAA0152) is a conserved type I membrane ER lectin that binds diglucosylated Glc2-N-glycans, acts as a backup glycoprotein quality control factor with ribophorin I, and links to ER stress, viral replication, and disease.

Maleesha Kharwa

Maleesha Kharwa, the "princess from the slum", is an Indian model and influencer from Mumbai's Dharavi/Bandra slums, discovered in 2020 by Robert Hoffman, face of Forest Essentials' Yuvati collection, and Vogue and Cosmopolitan cover model.

Maleficent

Maleficent is Disney's horned "Mistress of All Evil," the villain of the 1959 animated Sleeping Beauty voiced by Eleanor Audley, and the protagonist of the 2014 live-action film starring Angelina Jolie, which grossed over $700 million internationally and spawned a 2019 sequel.

Maleficent (film)

Maleficent is a 2014 American live-action Disney fantasy film retelling Sleeping Beauty from the villain's perspective, starring Angelina Jolie as Maleficent and Elle Fanning as Aurora.

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, also known as Maleficent 2, is a 2019 American fantasy adventure film, the sequel to Disney's 2014 Maleficent, directed by Joachim Rønning and starring Angelina Jolie.

Malegalalli Madumagalu

Malegalalli Madumagalu (ಮಲೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮದುಮಗಳು, "The Bride in the Hills") is a 1967 Kannada novel by Kuvempu, widely regarded as his magnum opus and set in 19th-century Malnad, Karnataka.

Malegaon (मालेगाव)

Malegaon (मालेगाव) is a city and municipal corporation in Nashik district, Maharashtra, India, about 270 km from Mumbai, one of the major powerloom weaving towns of western India.

Maleic acid

Maleic acid, or cis-butenedioic acid, is the cis isomer of butenedioic acid, a crystalline dicarboxylic acid whose trans isomer is fumaric acid; it is made from maleic anhydride.

Maleic anhydride

Maleic anhydride, also called cis-butenedioic anhydride or toxilic anhydride, is the cyclic anhydride of maleic acid, a colorless crystalline solid made by oxidizing n-butane and used chiefly for unsaturated polyester resins.

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Maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene

Maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (PP-g-MAH, sold as MAPP) is polypropylene bearing reactive anhydride groups, used as a compatibilizer and coupling agent for fillers like glass fiber.

Maleic hydrazide

Maleic hydrazide (1,2-dihydro-3,6-pyridazinedione, CAS 123-33-1) is a systemic plant growth regulator and herbicide, first synthesized 1895 and registered 1952, used for sprout suppression in potatoes and onions and tobacco sucker control; EU approval renewed 2017, restriction lifted 2026.

Maleimide

Maleimide (C4H3NO2) is a five-membered cyclic dicarboximide and strong Michael acceptor for thiols, widely used for protein bioconjugation, antibody–drug conjugates such as Adcetris, and thermosetting bismaleimide resins.

Malek El Mala

Malek El Mala, born 2005 in Krefeld, is a German centre-forward at 1. FC Köln, elder brother of Saïd El Mala; ex-Viktoria Köln, one Germany U19 cap, no Bundesliga debut yet.

Malekith the Accursed

Malekith the Accursed is a Dark Elf sorcerer and supervillain in Marvel Comics. He is the former lord of Svartalfheim and a primary enemy of Thor.

Malela Jiv

Malela Jiv (મળેલા જીવ) is a landmark 1941 Gujarati novella by Pannalal Patel telling the love story of Kanji and Jivi, whose marriage is blocked by caste difference.

Maleme

Maleme (Μάλεμε), a village in Platanias, Chania, western Crete, is known for a Late Minoan IIIB built tholos tomb on the Kafkala hill, the only known Mycenaean tholos tomb with a square chamber and pyramidal roof, excavated by Davaras in 1966.

Malemort

Malemort is a 1975 French-language novel by Martinican writer Édouard Glissant, his second after La Lézarde, depicting a people economically and culturally uprooted on their own soil.

Malèna (film)

Malèna (2000) is Giuseppe Tornatore's Italian drama starring Monica Bellucci as a wartime Sicilian widow and Giuseppe Sulfaro as the boy who watches her; from Luciano Vincenzoni's story, with Morricone's score, two Oscar nominations, and divided reviews.