(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
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(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy; "diffusion is an exergonic process"
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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 class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration)
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) 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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The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, accompanied, release, energy, diffusion.(biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other repro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, accompanied, release, energy, diffusion.The separation of different substances in solution, as crystalloids and colloids, by means of their unequal diffusion, especially thro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, accompanied, release, energy, diffusion.Prepared by diffusion through an animal membrane; as, dialyzed iron.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, accompanied, release, energy, diffusion.The act of passing by osmosis through animal membranes, as in the distribution of poisons, gases, etc., through the body. Unlike absor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, accompanied, release, energy, diffusion.The emission and diffusion of rays of light.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, accompanied, release, energy, diffusion.The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, accompanied, release, energy, diffusion.To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immuni…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, accompanied, release, energy, diffusion.a nuclear reaction accompanied by the evolution of energy
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, accompanied, release, energy, diffusion.a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, accompanied, release, energy, diffusion.a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, accompanied, release, energy, diffusion.One opposed to the diffusion of knowledge; an obscuriantist.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, accompanied, release, energy, diffusion.
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