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  • 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: SEYFFERT, Wilhelm (Hrsg.) (2003). Lehrbuch der Genetik. Berlin: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 19.
    • Definition: KOOLMAN, Jan, RÖHM, Klaus-Heinrich (2003). Taschenatlas der Biochemie. 3. Aufl. Stuttgart: Thieme, 60.
    • Context: TEUFEL, Andreas (2011). Humangenetik. Stuttgart: Urban & Fischer, 62.
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