RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach…
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a specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid
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Organic compounds that combine to form proteins
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Molecular biology.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: Biology, Molecular biology.Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Molecular biology.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…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Molecular biology.(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the codi…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Molecular biology.(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: Biology, Molecular biology.(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: Biology, Molecular biology.The molecule that carries genetic information in living organisms
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Molecular biology.An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment. Ptyalin, peps…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Molecular biology.One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Molecular biology.A segment of DNA that carries genetic information for a specific trait
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Molecular biology.conversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a protein
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Molecular biology.The complete set of genes or genetic material in an organism
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Molecular biology.the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Molecular biology.the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Molecular biology.the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Molecular biology.a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
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plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specific, sequence, three, adjacent, nucleotides.plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specific, sequence, three, adjacent, nucleotides.An organism that produces its own food, typically through photosynthesis
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specific, sequence, three, adjacent, nucleotides.plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specific, sequence, three, adjacent, nucleotides.A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specific, sequence, three, adjacent, nucleotides.(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specific, sequence, three, adjacent, nucleotides.A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systemat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specific, sequence, three, adjacent, nucleotides.(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specific, sequence, three, adjacent, nucleotides.(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specific, sequence, three, adjacent, nucleotides.removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specific, sequence, three, adjacent, nucleotides.removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specific, sequence, three, adjacent, nucleotides.(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specific, sequence, three, adjacent, nucleotides.information system for geographical information; "This operator was applied to a mobile technology GIS application." - UD_English-GUM…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specific, sequence, three, adjacent, nucleotides.information system for geographical information; "This operator was applied to a mobile technology GIS application." - UD_English-GUM…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specific, sequence, three, adjacent, nucleotides.the simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specific, sequence, three, adjacent, nucleotides.
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