(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…
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(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
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(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.(biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are vital constituents of all living cells
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.(biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.(biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 com…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 com…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as wel…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along wit…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along wit…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along wit…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino ac…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as wel…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as wel…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential react…
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(biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, purine, base, found, pairs.(biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, purine, base, found, pairs.A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, purine, base, found, pairs.(biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, purine, base, found, pairs.Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base moti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, purine, base, found, pairs.one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA mole…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, purine, base, found, pairs.A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, purine, base, found, pairs.The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, purine, base, found, pairs.(biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty aci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, purine, base, found, pairs.(biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, purine, base, found, pairs.In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, purine, base, found, pairs.nucleotide derived from thymine with a deoxyribose sugar and a phosphate group
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, purine, base, found, pairs.
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