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- noun organic chemistry A
crystal , often a large-molecule crystal, having two or more distinct molecular components within the crystallattice .
Etymologies
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co- + crystal
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Examples
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D. Kornberg, Science 292, p. 1876-1882 (2001) ● Structural basis of transcription: An RNA polymerase II – TFIIB cocrystal at 4.5 angstroms, by D.A. Bushnell, K.
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We determined how the small molecule bound to pirin by solving the cocrystal structure.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Isao Miyazaki 2010
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The cocrystal structure of the c-di-GMP responsive GEMM riboswitch upstream of the tfoX gene of Vibrio cholerae reveals the second messenger binding the RNA at a three-helix junction.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Nadia Kulshina 2009
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