Biochemistry

Biochemistry

The scientific study of the chemistry of living matter.

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Biochemistry

Glucose

Biology; Biochemistry

Simple sugar, and the primary product of photosynthesis. It is polymerized to make cellulose and chitin.

Histones

Biology; Biochemistry

Proteins attached to the DNA of eukaryotes which allows it to be packaged into chromosomes.

Flagellin

Biology; Biochemistry

Protein which is the primary component of prokaryotic flagella.

Cathodoluminescence

Biology; Biochemistry

An analytical technique used in geology and palaeontology to analyse the different minerals in a sample, or diagenetic history of a sample — how crystals grew, were deformed, and were replaced. A ...

Calcium carbonate

Biology; Biochemistry

A white compound, CaCO3, that occurs naturally as marble, chalk, limestone, and calcite. It is used by many marine invertebrates, such as corals and echinoderms, and by protists, such as ...

Component of the cell walls of many rhodophytes and kelps. Alginates have an affinity for water, and so help to slow dessication when the algae are exposed to the air; they are commercially important ...