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Oligosaccharide
any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
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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.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…
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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any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carbohydrates, yield, monosaccharide, molecules, complete.a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals; "they claimed tha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carbohydrates, yield, monosaccharide, molecules, complete.biochemical indicator of the presence of carbohydrates in a solution; if carbohydrates are present a violet ring is formed by reaction…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carbohydrates, yield, monosaccharide, molecules, complete.One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carbohydrates, yield, monosaccharide, molecules, complete.That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carbohydrates, yield, monosaccharide, molecules, complete.any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carbohydrates, yield, monosaccharide, molecules, complete.any of various polysaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of starch; a tasteless and odorless gummy substance that is used as a thickening…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carbohydrates, yield, monosaccharide, molecules, complete.an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carbohydrates, yield, monosaccharide, molecules, complete.a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carbohydrates, yield, monosaccharide, molecules, complete.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: carbohydrates, yield, monosaccharide, molecules, complete.a metabolic process that breaks down carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either pyruvic acid or lactic acid and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carbohydrates, yield, monosaccharide, molecules, complete.To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: carbohydrates, yield, monosaccharide, molecules, complete.
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