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a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
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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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A suffix indicating that the substance to the name of which it is affixed is a member of the carbohydrate group; as in cellulose, sucr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sugar, like, sucrose, fructose, hydrolyse.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: sugar, like, sucrose, fructose, hydrolyse.any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sugar, like, sucrose, fructose, hydrolyse.any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sugar, like, sucrose, fructose, hydrolyse.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: sugar, like, sucrose, fructose, hydrolyse.One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sugar, like, sucrose, fructose, hydrolyse.sucrose obtained from sugar cane
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sugar, like, sucrose, fructose, hydrolyse.A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sugar, like, sucrose, fructose, hydrolyse.A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sugar, like, sucrose, fructose, hydrolyse.the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sugar, like, sucrose, fructose, hydrolyse.A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sugar, like, sucrose, fructose, hydrolyse.One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and rega…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sugar, like, sucrose, fructose, hydrolyse.
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