GEF
Proper noun
Meaning
(software, eclipse) Initialism of Graphical Editing Framework.
(ecology) Initialism of Global Environment Facility.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
“Bhutan has sent a strong message to China,” said one source, adding that Bhutan’s response was also given through the GEF council meeting where China had raised the issue.
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and UNDP began the implementation of projects to preserve the leopard population in the country in 2013.
On binding with the complex, GDP dissociates from the complex; the receptor works as a GEF - GDP-GTP Exchange Factor; the free complex has a high affinity for GTP.
The mechanism of activation is similar to that of PKA: the GEF domain is usually masked by the N-terminal region containing the cAMP binding domain.
However, the binding of any single particular agonist may also initiate activation of multiple different G-proteins, as it may be capable of stabilizing more than one conformation of the GPCR’s GEF domain, even over the course of a single interaction.
CITES would benefit from access to Global Environment Faculty (GEF), funds-although this is difficult given the GEFs more ecosystem approach-or other more regular funds.