Molecular biology

Molecular biology

Contributors in Molecular biology

Molecular biology

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

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 ...