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14944888-n:
any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals
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14830364-n:
(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
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14832193-n:
(biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
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06079620-n:
the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry
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00006484-n:
(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
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performing an essential function in the living body
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03081021-n:
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
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09240621-n:
(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
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14944888-n:
any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals
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14964590-n:
a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
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01328702-n:
(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
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01329794-n:
the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus
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(virology) a complete viral particle; nucleic acid and capsid (and a lipid envelope in some viruses)
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an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector
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07425011-n:
(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
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09398935-n:
(microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system
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09399198-n:
(microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins
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11211696-n:
United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (1905-1993)
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Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907)
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14605415-n:
a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes
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14606137-n:
a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid
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14707101-n:
(biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP
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14734905-n:
any of several substances found in the nuclei of all living cells; consists of a protein bound to a nucleic acid
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14833514-n:
a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids
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14963916-n:
general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units
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14964367-n:
a glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid
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14964590-n:
a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
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15005071-n:
any of the enzymes that cut nucleic acid at specific restriction sites and produce restriction fragments; obtained from bacteria (where they cripple viral invaders); used in recombinant DNA technology
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15026256-n:
a simple protein containing mainly basic amino acids; present in cell nuclei in association with nucleic acids
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