- Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 150
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Carmen CUÉLLAR LÁZARO, Cristina ADRADA RAFAEL, Lucia UDRESCU
- Creation / modification date: 01-03-2014
- Term: phenylalanine
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid [...], meaning the body needs it for health but cannot make it. You have to get it from food. Phenylalanine is found in 3 forms: L-phenylalanine, the natural form found in proteins; D-phenylalanine (a mirror image of L-phenylalanine that is made in a laboratory), and DL-phenylalanine, a combination of the 2 forms.
- Context: Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid and therefore cannot be entirely removed from the diet.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
- Definition: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, MEDICAL CENTER. "Phenylalanine" http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/supplement/phenylalanine
- Context: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
- Images:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/L-Phenylalanin_-_L-Phenylalanine.svg (abgerufen im November 2013)
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