Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having two functions.
- adjective Chemistry Having or involving two functional groups or binding sites.
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- adjective having two
functions - adjective chemistry, of a compound having two
functional groups orbinding sites - adjective chemistry, of a reaction involving two functional groups or binding sites
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Examples
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The region includes genes encoding a CoA-dependent methylmalonate semialdehyde dehydrogenase (dntE), a putative NADH-dependent dehydrogenase (ORF13), and a bifunctional isomerase/hydrolase (dntG).
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There is some interesting stuff that is going on in the research space where you have bifunctional materials.
In batteries, 2+2=1. Actually more like 1/2. Well... maybe a bit less. Venkat's Energy Blog 2010
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Safety note: The following makes use of glutaraldehyde, a bifunctional cross-linking reagent that reacts with lysine residues on the exterior of the proteins.
Archive 2004-12-01 2004
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Monosubstituted methanes can be further condensed to ethylene, propylene and derived hydrocarbons over zeolites or bifunctional acidic-basic catalysts, giving access to a whole range of hydrocarbons essential to our everyday life.
Hydrocarbons for the 21st Century - The Work of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute 1999
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"The TandAb® technology of Affimed Therapeutics is a valuable platform validated by the production of high quality products at a time when substantial efforts in the pharmaceutical industry are directed towards the discovery and development of bifunctional antibodies", said Dr Zhukovsky.
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D-bifunctional protein (DBP), a multifunctional enzyme involved in lipid metabolism.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Several crystal structures of both monofunctional and bifunctional BirAs
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Several crystal structures of both monofunctional and bifunctional BirAs
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Vibha Gupta et al. 2010
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Several crystal structures of both monofunctional and bifunctional BirAs
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Vibha Gupta et al. 2010
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Several crystal structures of both monofunctional and bifunctional BirAs
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Vibha Gupta et al. 2010
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