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Phospholipid
any of various compounds composed of fatty acids and phosphoric acid and a nitrogenous base; an important constituent of membranes
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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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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: various, compounds, composed, fatty, acids.Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, compounds, composed, fatty, acids.organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 com…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, compounds, composed, fatty, acids.organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 com…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, compounds, composed, fatty, acids.a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, compounds, composed, fatty, acids.A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, compounds, composed, fatty, acids.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: various, compounds, composed, fatty, acids.A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, compounds, composed, fatty, acids.In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, compounds, composed, fatty, acids.Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, compounds, composed, fatty, acids.An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, compounds, composed, fatty, acids.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: various, compounds, composed, fatty, acids.
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