RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach…
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a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole)
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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: Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Materials engineering, General chemistry, Engineering, 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: Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Materials engineering, General chemistry, Engineering, 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: Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Materials engineering, General chemistry, Engineering, Polymer chemistry, Molecular biology.a polymer consisting of two or more different monomers
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, Materials engineering, General chemistry, Engineering, 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: Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Materials engineering, General chemistry, Engineering, 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: Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Materials engineering, General chemistry, Engineering, Polymer chemistry, Molecular biology.The molecule that carries genetic information in living organisms
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Materials engineering, General chemistry, Engineering, Polymer chemistry, Molecular biology.An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment. Ptyalin, peps…
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: Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Materials engineering, General chemistry, Engineering, Polymer chemistry, Molecular biology.A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Materials engineering, General chemistry, Engineering, 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: Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Materials engineering, General chemistry, Engineering, Polymer chemistry, Molecular biology.sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Materials engineering, General chemistry, Engineering, 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: Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Materials engineering, General chemistry, Engineering, 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: Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Materials engineering, General chemistry, Engineering, 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: Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Materials engineering, General chemistry, Engineering, 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: Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Materials engineering, General chemistry, Engineering, Polymer chemistry, Molecular biology.sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein
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The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: segment, integrated, many, different, sites.any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: segment, integrated, many, different, sites.To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: segment, integrated, many, different, sites.The act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of the executive, the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: segment, integrated, many, different, sites.education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college class…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: segment, integrated, many, different, sites.Distinct; separate; not the same; other.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: segment, integrated, many, different, sites.a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: segment, integrated, many, different, sites.dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: segment, integrated, many, different, sites.A confection; a comfit; a drug.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: segment, integrated, many, different, sites.Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, or bacterial ge…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: segment, integrated, many, different, sites.(genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: segment, integrated, many, different, sites.(genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that speci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: segment, integrated, many, different, sites.
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