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Opsin
retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin
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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, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer 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, Polymer chemistry, Molecular biology.ribonucleic acid found in the nucleolus of the cell
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(biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the pr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: retinal, protein, formed, light, rhodopsin.a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: retinal, protein, formed, light, rhodopsin.a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: retinal, protein, formed, light, rhodopsin.hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substan…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: retinal, protein, formed, light, rhodopsin.an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: retinal, protein, formed, light, rhodopsin.an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: retinal, protein, formed, light, rhodopsin.One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells; -- called also…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: retinal, protein, formed, light, rhodopsin.any of various protein molecules secreted by cells of the immune system that serve to regulate the immune system
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: retinal, protein, formed, light, rhodopsin.Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: retinal, protein, formed, light, rhodopsin.The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: retinal, protein, formed, light, rhodopsin.The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: retinal, protein, formed, light, rhodopsin.A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: retinal, protein, formed, light, rhodopsin.
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