an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia; "ADA deficiency can lead to one fo…
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a polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA using RNA as a template; found especially in retroviruses
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an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia; "ADA deficiency can lead to one fo…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.enzyme found in most plant and animal cells that functions as an oxidative catalyst; decomposes hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid)
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that induces coagulation
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.any of several enzymes that convert a compound into smaller, biologically-active compounds.; "There are four different C5 convertases…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that removes the iodine radical
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.the enzyme responsible for DNA replication
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical kinetics, 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, Chemical kinetics, Molecular biology.
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The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: polymerase, catalyzes, formation, template, found.A genus of trilobites found in the Lower Silurian formation. See Illust. in Append.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: polymerase, catalyzes, formation, template, found.A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shie…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: polymerase, catalyzes, formation, template, found.A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: polymerase, catalyzes, formation, template, found.A genus of Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation, and remarkable for having several birdlike features.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: polymerase, catalyzes, formation, template, found.Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: polymerase, catalyzes, formation, template, found.creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: polymerase, catalyzes, formation, template, found.Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: polymerase, catalyzes, formation, template, found.One of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to the Ammonites. The earliest forms are found in the Devonian formation, the la…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: polymerase, catalyzes, formation, template, found.An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: polymerase, catalyzes, formation, template, found.An abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of elements different from those are found in it in its normal condition.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: polymerase, catalyzes, formation, template, found.An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave vertebrae, and sha…
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