a
in Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
January 2006; published online January 2008.
Reference Entry. Subjects: biochemistry. 32 words.
symbol for
1 absorption coefficient.
2 acceleration (in vector equations it is printed in bold italic (a).
3
Å
in Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
January 2006; published online January 2008.
Reference Entry. Subjects: biochemistry. 11 words.
symbol for ångström (unit of length equal to 10−10 m).
A
in Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
January 2006; published online January 2008.
Reference Entry. Subjects: biochemistry. 18 words.
symbol for
1 absorbance.
2 activity (def. 2).
3 affinity.
4 Helmholtz function.
5 mass number/nucleon number.
A
in Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
January 2006; published online January 2008.
Reference Entry. Subjects: biochemistry. 46 words.
symbol for
1 acid‐catalysed (of a reaction mechanism).
2 a residue of the α‐amino acid l‐alanine (alternative to
a
in Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
January 2006; published online January 2008.
Reference Entry. Subjects: biochemistry. 18 words.
1 abbr. for adsorbed.
2 symbol for atto+ (SI prefix denoting 10−18).
3 axial.
4 year.
2′‐5′A
in Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
January 2006; published online January 2008.
Reference Entry. Subjects: biochemistry. 71 words.
symbol for any member of a series of oligonucleotides of the general formula pa A[2′p5′A]n, where p
(A + T)/(G + C) ratio
in Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
January 2006; published online January 2008.
Reference Entry. Subjects: biochemistry. 50 words.
the ratio of the sum of the adenine plus thymine bases to the sum of the guanine plus cytosine bases
A “Glyconutrient Sham”
in Glycobiology
September 2008; published online September 2008.
Journal Article. Subjects: carbohydrates. 4364 words.
The discipline of glycobiology contributes to our understanding of human health and disease through research, most of which is published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Recently, legitimate...
A 21st Century Paradigm for Evaluating the Health Hazards of Nanoscale Materials?
in Toxicological Sciences
August 2009; published online May 2009.
Journal Article. Subjects: toxicology (non-medical); medical toxicology. 2385 words.
Over the past 5 years we have seen an increase in the attention focused on the assessment of the potential health risk posed by nanoscale materials. The diversity of these materials with respect to...
A 2.3 A resolution structure of chymosin complexed with a reduced bond inhibitor shows that the active site beta-hairpin flap is rearranged when compared with the native crystal structure.
in Protein Engineering, Design and Selection
October 1998; published online October 1998.
Journal Article. Subjects: proteins. 0 words.
In the crystal structure of uncomplexed native chymosin, the beta-hairpin at the active site, known as 'the flap', adopts a different conformation from that of other aspartic proteinases. This...