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Biology

A natural science concerned with the study of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially in relation to their origin, growth, reproduction, structure, behaviour and evolution.

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molecular biology

Biology; Molecular biology

Molecular biology is the branch of biology that deals with the molecular basis of biological activity. This field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly ...

bradykinin

Biology; Molecular biology

A naturally occuring polypeptide consisting of nine amino acids.

maltase

Biology; Molecular biology

An enzyme; present in saliva and pancraetic juice is called maltase.

hypervariable region

Biology; Biochemistry

A localized sequence of a variable region of an immunoglobulin that shows a particularly large variation in amino acid sequence compared with all other immunoglobulins; presumably ...

sequence-tagged site (STS)

Biology; Biochemistry

A landmark in the base sequence of a genome used for placing partial sequences in correct relation to each other; especially as a strategy for co-ordination of the efforts of many ...

proteoglycan

Biology; Biochemistry

A complex composed of glycosaminoglycans that radiate from a protein core in a bottlebrush-like structure. There are two major types of membrane proteoglycans: glypicans, which ...

mucopolysaccharide

Biology; Biochemistry

A complex composed of glycosaminoglycans that radiate from a protein core in a bottlebrush-like structure. There are two major types of membrane proteoglycans: glypicans, which ...