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Tubifex tubifex
Tubifex tubifex (sludge worm), a freshwater Naididae oligochaete found on every continent, lives head-down in sediment tubes, tolerates severe pollution, hosts the whirling disease parasite Myxobolus cerebralis, and is a standard sediment ecotoxicology test species.
Tübingen
Tübingen, a university town on the Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, south of Stuttgart; home of Eberhard Karls Universität (founded 1477), about 92,600 inhabitants, medieval old town, Hölderlinturm, and a 2030 climate-neutrality goal.
Tübingen Region
Regierungsbezirk Tübingen, one of four administrative regions of Baden-Württemberg, Germany; seat Tübingen; 8,852 km², about 1.9 million people, Stadtkreis Ulm plus eight Landkreise; formed 1956 as Südwürttemberg-Hohenzollern, renamed 1973.
Tubiphytes
Tubiphytes (Maslov, 1956), type species T. obscurus, an enigmatic encrusting tubular fossil from early Carboniferous to mid-Cretaceous reefs; affinity debated, most likely sponge (Porifera).
Tubize
Tubize (Tubeke), Walloon Brabant town; home of AFC Tubize, matricule 5632, formed 1990, one top-flight season 2008-09, now Royale Union Tubize-Braine after 2021 merger; also hosts RBFA's Proximus Basecamp and FFA headquarters.
Tubo etc. Pacification Commission
The Tubo etc. Pacification Commission (吐蕃等处宣慰司), also called the Duosima Pacification Commission, was a Yuan dynasty organ seated at Hezhou, Gansu, that governed the Amdo Tibetan border region under the Xuanzheng Yuan.
Tubo-ovarian abscess
Tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA), a pus-filled inflammatory mass of the fallopian tube and ovary, complicates up to 15% of pelvic inflammatory disease cases; treated with IV antibiotics, image-guided drainage, or surgery.
Tubocurarine
Tubocurarine, also called d-tubocurarine, is the active alkaloid of curare that blocks neuromuscular transmission; isolated in 1935, it became the first muscle relaxant used in anesthesia in 1942.
Tuboplasty
Tuboplasty is surgery that restores patency and function of the fallopian tubes in women with tubal-factor infertility, by rejoining obstructed segments, opening blocked ends, or freeing adhesions.
Tuborg Brewery
Tuborg (Tuborgs Fabrikker), Danish brewery founded in Hellerup on 13 May 1873 by Philip W. Heyman; first beer 1875; merged with Carlsberg in 1970. Now Carlsberg's largest brand by volume, a bottom-fermented pilsner sold in about 50 countries.
Tubthumping
Tubthumping is a 1997 Chumbawamba single from Tubthumper, known for its "I get knocked down" chorus; it reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Tubu (Syrian city)
Tubu, also written Tuba or Dub, was a Bronze Age city-state in northern Syria, probably identified with Tell Umm el-Marra about fifty kilometers east of Aleppo.
Tubuai Islands (landform)
Tubuai Islands (Austral Islands, Îles Australes, Tuhaa Pae): southernmost archipelago of French Polynesia, five inhabited volcanic islands including Tubuai (45 km², Mount Taitaa 422 m, large lagoon), Miocene volcanism, Atiahara site settled 1215–1390 CE, 1789 Bounty episode.
Tubuai Islands (protected area)
Tubuai Islands (Austral Islands), French Polynesia's southernmost archipelago; protected-area status rests on the proposed Austral marine protected area (announced 2014), the Tubuai Tropical Moist Forests ecoregion, and community rahui, with no national nature reserve on Tubuai itself.
Tubular adenoma of breast
Tubular adenoma of breast (ICD-11 2F30.0) is a rare benign epithelial breast tumor of densely packed dual-layer tubules with scant stroma, reclassified by WHO 5th edition, molecularly distinct from fibroadenoma (MET/FGFR3 vs MED12), 0.13–2.9% of benign lesions.
Tubular aggregate myopathy
Tubular aggregate myopathy (TAM, myopathy with tubular aggregates) is a rare inherited muscle disorder from STIM1/ORAI1 gain-of-function mutations disrupting store-operated calcium entry, causing progressive weakness, cramps, and myalgia, overlapping Stormorken syndrome.
Tubular Bells
Tubular Bells: Mike Oldfield's 1973 debut album and the first Virgin Records release (V2001); two long instrumental parts played almost entirely by Oldfield himself, UK number 1 for 288 chart weeks, famous for Viv Stanshall's instrument introductions and The Exorcist association.
Tubular bridge
A tubular bridge is a railway bridge whose track runs through a self-supporting wrought iron box girder, invented by Robert Stephenson in Wales in the late 1840s.
Tubulidentata
Tubulidentata, the aardvark order (Orycteropus afer), is a one-species mammalian order named by Huxley in 1872, defined by enamel-less tubular dentine teeth, termite diet, and Afrotheria placement.
Tubulin
Tubulin: α/β heterodimer protein forming microtubules; discovered as the colchicine-binding protein (Borisy and Taylor, 1967; named by Mohri, 1968). GTP-driven dynamic instability, γTuRC nucleation, tubulin code PTMs, and target of taxane, vinca, and colchicine-site anticancer drugs.
Tubulin binding cofactor A
Tubulin binding cofactor A (TBCA, tubulin-specific chaperone A, UniProt O75347) is a 108-aa human chaperone that binds β-tubulin folding intermediates in the CCT-dependent tubulin folding pathway and recycles β-tubulin from dissociated heterodimers.
Tubulin-like
Tubulin-like proteins are prokaryotic GTPase homologs of eukaryotic tubulin, chiefly FtsZ in bacterial cell division, plus BtubA/B, TubZ, CetZ, and OdinTubulin, tracing the cytoskeleton's ancestry to LUCA and archaea.
Tubulinyl-Tyr carboxypeptidase
Tubulinyl-Tyr carboxypeptidase, also called tubulin detyrosinase, removes the C-terminal tyrosine of α-tubulin; carried out by vasohibin VASH1/VASH2–SVBP complexes (identified 2017) and MATCAP, regulating microtubule function in mitosis, neurons, and heart.
Tubulis
Tubulis GmbH is a Munich-based German biotechnology company, founded in 2019 as a spin-off of the FMP and LMU Munich, that developed next-generation antibody-drug conjugates for solid tumors.
Tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma
Tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma (TC-RCC) is a rare, indolent kidney cancer subtype, WHO 2016 entity, with bubble-wrap cystic gross appearance, hobnail eosinophilic cells, AMACR/CD10 positivity, and loss of chromosome 9, distinct from papillary and FH-deficient RCC.
Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome
Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome, also known as TINU or Dobrin syndrome, is a rare inflammatory condition combining kidney and eye inflammation, first described in 1975.
Tục ngữ
Tục ngữ, meaning Vietnamese proverbs, are short, stable folk sayings that condense the experience of the Vietnamese people about nature, society, and human conduct, transmitted orally across generations.
Tuc Watkins
Tuc Watkins (Charles Curtis Watkins III, born 1966), American actor known for David Vickers on One Life to Live, Bob Hunter on Desperate Housewives, The Mummy, The Boys in the Band, and partner Andrew Rannells.
Tuca & Bertie
Tuca & Bertie is an American adult animated comedy created by Lisa Hanawalt, starring Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong as bird best friends in Bird Town; Netflix 2019, Adult Swim revival, canceled 2022.
Tucana
Tucana, the Toucan, is a southern constellation charted by Dutch navigators in the 1590s, containing 47 Tucanae, the second brightest globular cluster, and most of the Small Magellanic Cloud.