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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Nucleic acid
(biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are vital constituents of all living cells
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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, Polymer chemistry.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, Chemistry, General chemistry, Polymer chemistry.sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures; "exons are interspersed with introns"
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Polymer chemistry.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, Chemistry, General chemistry, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer chemistry.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, Chemistry, General chemistry, Polymer chemistry.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, Chemistry, General chemistry, Polymer chemistry.sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Polymer chemistry.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, Chemistry, General chemistry, Polymer chemistry.stretches of DNA that do not code for genes; "most of the genome consists of junk DNA"
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer chemistry.the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein…
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(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, various, macromolecules, composed, nucleotide.(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, various, macromolecules, composed, nucleotide.a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, various, macromolecules, composed, nucleotide.a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, various, macromolecules, composed, nucleotide.a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, various, macromolecules, composed, nucleotide.The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, various, macromolecules, composed, nucleotide.The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, various, macromolecules, composed, nucleotide.nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, various, macromolecules, composed, nucleotide.T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, various, macromolecules, composed, nucleotide.T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, various, macromolecules, composed, nucleotide.(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biochemistry, various, macromolecules, composed, nucleotide.(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, various, macromolecules, composed, nucleotide.
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