(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
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a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response
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(biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty aci…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration)
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, 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.(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.(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.(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free ener…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy; "diffusion is an exergonic process"
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are vital constituents of all living cells
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a linear polymer whose molecule is composed of many nucleotide units constituting a section of a nucleic acid molecule
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated…
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a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cellular, structure, postulated, exist, order.An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cellular, structure, postulated, exist, order.A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cellular, structure, postulated, exist, order.Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; -- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cellular, structure, postulated, exist, order.Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cellular, structure, postulated, exist, order.a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cellular, structure, postulated, exist, order.(statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cellular, structure, postulated, exist, order.To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain pre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cellular, structure, postulated, exist, order.With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cellular, structure, postulated, exist, order.To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cellular, structure, postulated, exist, order.A chemical element essential for bone formation and other cellular functions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cellular, structure, postulated, exist, order.An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately beneath the skin.
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