(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
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(biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration)
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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…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty aci…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, 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.(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.(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.(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free ener…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy; "diffusion is an exergonic process"
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, 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.(biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a linear polymer whose molecule is composed of many nucleotide units constituting a section of a nucleic acid molecule
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, 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.(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.the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs
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A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, class, hemoprotein, principal, biological.A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, class, hemoprotein, principal, biological.Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, class, hemoprotein, principal, biological.To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, class, hemoprotein, principal, biological.A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, class, hemoprotein, principal, biological.a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, class, hemoprotein, principal, biological.a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, class, hemoprotein, principal, biological.The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, class, hemoprotein, principal, biological.To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate) or pass (a title to real…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, class, hemoprotein, principal, biological.A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, class, hemoprotein, principal, biological.A derived function; a function obtained from a given function by a certain algebraic process.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, class, hemoprotein, principal, biological.a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion
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