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Hydroxy-amino acid
any amino acid with a hydroxy group.; "The hydroxy group appears on the second carbon atom of the hydroxy amino acids serine and threonine."
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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, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, 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: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures; "exons are interspersed with introns"
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, 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: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, 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: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, 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: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.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, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.DNA that is not incorporated into the genome but is replicated together with the genome (especially in bacterial cells)
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, 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: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.stretches of DNA that do not code for genes; "most of the genome consists of junk DNA"
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, 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: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, 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: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein
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In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulph…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amino, acid, hydroxy, group, appears.abnormal presence of amino acids in the urine; usually a symptom of metabolic defects
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amino, acid, hydroxy, group, appears.The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acet…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amino, acid, hydroxy, group, appears.a protein complex combining amino acids with other substances
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amino, acid, hydroxy, group, appears.a protein complex combining amino acids with other substances
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amino, acid, hydroxy, group, appears.removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amino, acid, hydroxy, group, appears.removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amino, acid, hydroxy, group, appears.any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amino, acid, hydroxy, group, appears.the simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amino, acid, hydroxy, group, appears.A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amino, acid, hydroxy, group, appears.a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amino, acid, hydroxy, group, appears.a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amino, acid, hydroxy, group, appears.
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