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macromolecule
macromolecule Molecule up to 1000 times greater in diameter than the molecules of most substances. Many proteins, nucleic acids, plastics, resins, rubbers and natural and synthetic fibres are made up of such giant units.
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Diffusion of macromolecules in agarose gels: Comparison of linear and globular configurations
Magazine article from: Biophysical Journal; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...evaluating and developing viable macromolecule-based therapies. At present...penetration depends on the macromolecule and tissue properties...permeability of a porous medium to macromolecules (Johnson et al., 1996...medium such as the ECM to macromolecule motion is related to the...
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Structure-based nomenclature for cyclic organic macromolecules.(IUPAC recommendations 2008)
Magazine article from: Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Conceptual scission CM-2.3 Naming of a cyclic macromolecule or macrocycle CM-3 MONOCYCLIC MACROMOLECULES CM-3.1 Naming of a monocyclic macromolecule CM-3.2 Regular monocyclic macromolecules CM-3.3 Irregular monocyclic macromolecules...
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California Inventors Develop Macromolecule Delivering Method
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/5/2006; 563 words
; ...compositions for delivering macromolecules to or via the respiratory...compositions for delivering macromolecules to or via the respiratory...tract, such that the macromolecules exhibit improved...least one bioactive macromolecule, which have a superior...
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COVOL: An interactive program for evaluating second virial coefficients from the triaxial shape or dimensions of rigid macromolecules
Magazine article from: Biophysical Journal; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...nonideality of solutions of rigid macromolecules based on their triaxial...second virial coefficient of macromolecules bearing no net charge...the Stokes radius of the macromolecule. Ovalbumin, ribonuclease...for biological and other macromolecules in terms of the molecular...
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Patent No. 07601545 Issued on Oct. 13, Assigned to Groton Biosystems, LLC for Automated macromolecule sample preparation system
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/15/2009; 486 words
; ...Groton, MA, has developed a Automated macromolecule sample preparation system .The inventor...Office: An apparatus for preparing a macromolecule sample from a complex liquid mixture...filter selected to separate, from a macromolecule in a liquid mixture, at least a portion...
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Structure-based nomenclature for cyclic organic macromolecules (IUPAC recommendations 2008).(Making an imPACt: Recent IUPAC technical reports and recommendations that effect the many fields of pure and applied chemistry.)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Chemistry International; 5/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...nomenclature of cyclic macromolecules is based on the existing...regular and irregular macromolecules, which in turn is...for naming a cyclic macromolecule consists of transforming...regular or irregular macromolecule in such a way that...for these types of macromolecules. For polycyclic...
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Michigan, Texas, New Jersey Inventors Develop Macromolecule Topology Characterization Method
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/26/2008; 575 words
; ...molecular topological fractionation for macromolecules. An abstract of the invention...comprising a population of linear macromolecules of interest and a population of long chain branched macromolecules of interest, the process including...
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Stretching a macromolecule in an atomic force microscope: Statistical mechanical analysis
Magazine article from: Biophysical Journal; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...describe the stretching of a macromolecule under a force provided by...mechanical properties of single macromolecules with the atomic force microscope...proceeds as follows: A macromolecule is anchored on the surface...mechanical response of the macromolecule in the form of the force...
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French Inventors Develop Macromolecule Aligning Process
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/23/2006; 513 words
; ...a process for aligning macromolecules by passage of a meniscus...with a sample containing a macromolecule to couple the macromolecule to the molecule on the...complex, and detecting the macromolecule in the coupled complex...
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Microdialysis sampling of macromolecules characterized in vitro.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 12/29/2004; 522 words
; ...net) -- Microdialysis sampling of macromolecules has been characterized in vitro...their appropriateness for sampling of macromolecules," explained R.J. Schutte and...reported as relative recoveries, for macromolecules from 3,000 to 70,000 ranged from...
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macromolecule
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
macromolecule term that may refer either to a crystal such as a diamond, in which...of equal strength, or to one of the units that compose a polymer . Macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids are vital to the functions of living...
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Metabolism, Cellular
Book article from: Biology
...the four classes of macromolecules needed by the cell...monomers) into the macromolecules (polymers). In...the fourth class of macromolecule, are somewhat different. Unlike the other macromolecules, which are composed...
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Staudinger, Hermann
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
...chemistry. Staudinger started working on macromolecules in the early 1920s. Following his...proof to back up his proposal) that macromolecules were long-chain molecules of identical...chemists disagreed with him. They viewed macromolecules as colloidal aggregates of small molecules...
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Mitochondria
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging
...threat to cellular macromolecules — ROS attacks...and, cellular macromolecules can become damaged...accumulation of damaged macromolecules is thought to contribute...causing cumulative macromolecule damage. Harman subsequently...
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Paul Flory
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...experimental, in the physical chemistry of macromolecules." That statement accurately reflects...interested equally in the theory of macromolecules and in the practical applications...begun to unravel the structure of macromolecules, very large molecules with hundreds...
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