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resting metabolic rate (RMR)
Biology; Biochemistry
The rate of oxygen consumption by a person at rest which represents the energy required for essential functions such as respiration, circulation, maintenance of temperature. Also known as the basal ...
dendrimer
Biology; Biochemistry
A highly-branched, well-defined macromolecule that is usually composed of tiers of that radiate from a central unit. Each tier is composed of the same subunit, as it represents a discrete stage of ...
adrenergic
Biology; Biochemistry
Responsive to the adrenal medullary hormone, i.e. adrenaline (epinephrine), and by extension responsive to other catecholamines. β-Adrenergic responses are those that result in the intracellular ...
microscopic reversibility
Biology; Biochemistry
A principle from molecular physics that holds that each proposed step of a catalytic cycle must in theory be reversible, and particularly that the forward and reverse reactions must pass through the ...
glyoxylate cycle
Biology; Biochemistry
A series of metabolic reactions in plants and bacteria, the net result of which is production of a 4-carbon compound from two 2-carbon compounds. The unique reactions are catalyzed by malate synthase ...
Krebs-Kornberg cycle
Biology; Biochemistry
A series of metabolic reactions in plants and bacteria, the net result of which is production of a 4-carbon compound from two 2-carbon compounds. The unique reactions are catalyzed by malate synthase ...
energy spectrum
Biology; Biochemistry
A profile of the energy of the emissions from a radioactive atom; the fraction of total emissions from the decay of a radioactive atom, e.g. the β-emissions of 14 C as a function of the energy of ...
