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- Antibacterial [r]: Substance that destroys bacteria or suppresses their growth or reproduction. [e]
- Arginine [r]: A positively charged common amino acid, incorporated into proteins. [e]
- Asparagine [r]: One of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. It is neutral but polar. [e]
- Aspartic acid [r]: One of the common amino acids incorporated into proteins. It is charged, polar, and hydrophilic. [e]
- DNA [r]: A macromolecule that stores genetic information. Chemically, a nucleic acid. [e]
- Excavation [r]: The process by which an archeologist, paleoanthropologist or paleontologist uncovers material remains of the past. [e]
- Gene [r]: The functional unit of heredity. [e]
- Glass transition temperature [r]: The temperature at which a glass-forming liquid transforms into a glass, which usually occurs upon rapid cooling. [e]
- Glutamic acid [r]: One of the 20 common amino acids and one of two acidic amino acids. [e]
- Glutamine [r]: A polar, neutral amino acid, the amide version of glutamic acid. [e]
- Glycine [r]: The smallest of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. [e]
- Glycogen [r]: Polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals and occurs primarily in the liver and muscle tissue. [e]
- Histidine [r]: One of the twenty common α-amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. [e]
- Intermolecular forces [r]: Non-covalent forces between atoms and molecules; often synonymous with Van der Waals forces. [e]
- Ion-selective electrodes [r]: A transducer (sensor) which converts the activity of a specific ion dissolved in a solution into an electrical potential which can be measured by a voltmeter or pH meter. [e]
- Isoleucine [r]: One of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. [e]
- Leucine [r]: An aliphatic, non-polar, hydrophobic amino acids incorporated into proteins. [e]
- Ligase [r]: A type of enzyme that binds together monomers to form polymers. [e]
- Lysine [r]: A positively charged amino acid used by living systems to build proteins. [e]
- Macromolecular chemistry [r]: The study of the physical, biological and chemical structure, properties, composition, and reaction mechanisms of macromolecules. [e]
- Macromolecules [r]: A large molecule exhibiting heavy molecular mass. [e]
- Materials science [r]: A multi-disciplinary field involving the properties of matter and its applications to various areas of science and engineering. [e]
- Methionine [r]: One of two common amino acids used in proteins that contain a sulfur atom. [e]
- Microbial cell and population biology [r]: The study of the cell biology of microorganisms, microbial interactions, signaling and evolutionary adaptations, multicellular-microorganisms and communities such as biofilms. [e]
- Microbial metabolism [r]: The means by which a microbe obtains the energy and nutrients (e.g. carbon) it needs to live and propagate. [e]
- Molecular mass [r]: The mass of a molecule expressed in unified atomic mass units. [e]
- Monomer [r]: A simple molecule of low molecular weight, capable of reacting with identical or different monomers to form a polymer, of which it is the smallest repeating unit. [e]
- Nuclear chemistry [r]: Subfield of chemistry dealing with radioactivity, nuclear processes and nuclear properties. [e]
- Nucleation [r]: The extremely localized budding of a distinct thermodynamic phase. [e]
- Orch-OR [r]: A theory of consciousness, put forth in the mid-1990s by British theoretical physicist Sir Roger Penrose and American anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff, postulating a specific form of quantum computation underlying neuronal synaptic activities occuring in cytoskeletal structures of neurons called microtubules. [e]
- Phenylalanine [r]: An aromatic amino acid incorporated into proteins. [e]
- Photosynthesis [r]: Scientific term for the conversion of sunlight into energy by plants [e]
- Polymer chemistry [r]: A multidisciplinary science that deals with the chemical synthesis and chemical properties of polymers or macromolecules. [e]
- Proline [r]: A cyclic, non-polar amino acid used in proteins. [e]
- Protein [r]: A polymer of amino acids; basic building block of living systems. [e]
- Pseudomonas putida [r]: Gram-negative,rod-shaped, saprotrophic soil bacterium which demonstrates a very diverse metabolism, including the ability to degrade organic solvents such as toluene, and is used in bioremediation. [e]
- RNA interference [r]: Process that inhibits the flow of genetic information to protein synthesis. [e]
- RNA [r]: A polymer, made using the nucleotides of adenosine, guanosine, uridine and cytidine, that is used for a variety of biological functions in living systems. [e]
- Radiation chemistry [r]: A subdivision of nuclear chemistry, which is the study of the chemical effects of radiation on matter. [e]
- Serine [r]: One of three hydroxylated amino acids used in protein synthesis; subject to phosphorylation. [e]
- Sulfur [r]: A yellowish crystalline chemical element with the symbol S and the atomic number of 16. [e]
- Threonine [r]: One of three hydroxylated amino acids in proteins; it may be phosphorylated [e]
- Tryptophan [r]: One of four common aromatic amino acids in proteins. [e]
- Tyrosine [r]: One of four common aromatic amino acids use in protein synthesis; it may be phosphorylated. [e]
- Valine [r]: One of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. It is aliphatic and non-polar. [e]
- Vulcanization [r]: A specific curing process of rubber involving high heat and the addition of sulfur or other equivalent curatives. [e]
