Biology
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Adamalysin II, the Protein World’s Very Own Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Superstar
Adamalysin II, alias proteinase II, a 24 kDa zinc-endopeptidase isolated from the snake venom of the Eastern diamondback rattlesnake聽Crotalus adamanteus, is a prototype, of the proteolytic domain of snake venom… Read more.
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Glycodelin Is Found in Oocyte聽and Sperm Wiki
aka human placental protein-14 Read more.
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Tree Huggers: When Nature Takes It Literally
In the quiet corners of forests worldwide, trees are engaging in their own version of romance. It’s called inosculation, and it is nature’s answer to the artificial process of grafting.… Read more.
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The Ultimate Buggy Bass Drop
Oh snap, buckle up buttercup, because we’re about to dive deep into the wildest rave this side of the exoskeleton. Imagine, if you will, a microscopic mosh pit where insects… Read more.
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Chondrin
Chondrin聽is a bluish-white聽gelatin-like substance, being a聽protein–carbohydrate聽complex and can be obtained by boiling聽cartilage聽in water. The cartilage is a connective tissue that contains聽cells聽embedded in a matrix of chondrin. Chondrin is made up… Read more.
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Dermatan Sulfate Wiki (and a Few Other Things)
Dermatan sulfate is a glycosaminoglycan (formerly called a mucopolysaccharide) found mostly in skin, but also in blood vessels, heart valves, tendons, and lungs. It is also referred to as chondroitin sulfate B, although it is no longer classified as a… Read more.
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Chondroitin sulfate
CHONDROITIN SULFATE is a sulfated聽glycosaminoglycan聽(GAG)聽composed of a chain of alternating sugars (N-acetylgalactosamine聽and聽glucuronic acid). It is usually found attached to proteins as part of a聽proteoglycan.聽A chondroitin chain can have over 100… Read more.
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Methaemalbumin in Man (1939)
(Pseudo-methaemoglobin) Section of Therapeutics and Pharmacology and a list of related articles Read more.
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Buggy Love Potion: The Science of Insect Sex Hormones
Listen up, you sexy six-legged sirens and alluring arthropods! 馃悶馃拫 Get ready to have your mind blown and your exoskeleton rocked. Insect sex hormones: They’re real, they’re spectacular, and they’re… Read more.
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Sex-determining region Y protein聽(SRY), or聽testis-determining factor聽(TDF)
Sex-determining region Y protein (SRY), or testis-determining factor (TDF), is a DNA-binding protein (also known as gene-regulatory protein/transcription factor) encoded by the SRY gene that is responsible for the initiation of male sex determination in therian mammals (placental mammals and marsupials). SRY is an intronless sex-determining gene on… Read more.
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