- Institution/s: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 80
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Beatriz BURGOS CUADRILLERO, Diana MOŢOC, Pablo Eduardo VALLINAS GARCÍA, Verónica ARNÁIZ UZQUIZA
- Creation / modification date: 30-01-2014
- Term: amino acid
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Organic acid that contains a small carboxylic acid (COOH) with an amino group (NH2) and a side group that defines it.
- Context: Transfer RNAs are small, fold into a cloverleaf shape, and come in several different varieties, each type bonded to one of the 20 types of amino acid
- Notes: Amino-acid (adj.)
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: RINGO, J. (2004). Fundamental Genetics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 18
- Definition: RINGO, J. (2004). Fundamental Genetics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 18
- Context: LEWIS, R. (2010) Human Genetics: The Basics, New York: Routledge. Pg. 69
- Notes: OLD, R.W. & S.B. PRIMROSE (1980) Principles of gene manipulation: an introduction to genetic engineering, Los Angeles: University of California Press. 37
- Images:
Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry. Online material available at: http://www.cem.msu.edu/~cem252/sp97/ch24/ch24aa.html
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