Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A divalent chemical group consisting of two sulfur atoms, or a compound in which it is combined with other elements or groups.
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- noun US spelling of
disulphide .
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Examples
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He has even called disulfide bond “irreducibly complex” 2.
Evolution of IC: Evolution of Hormone-Receptor Complexity - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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For example, this yellow link is called a disulfide bond.
Evolution of IC: Evolution of Hormone-Receptor Complexity - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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The team had participants eat six grams of raw garlic and then tested not only for this VSC but others as well, including allyl mercaptan, methanethiol, allyl methyl disulfide and allyl disulfide.
Dr. Harold Katz: Advice and Explanations of Bad Breath From Experts Dr. Harold Katz 2011
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It has been determined that the problem is related to presence of iron disulfide.
Tony McNulty ’second home’ shock! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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The team had participants eat six grams of raw garlic and then tested not only for this VSC but others as well, including allyl mercaptan, methanethiol, allyl methyl disulfide and allyl disulfide.
Dr. Harold Katz: Advice and Explanations of Bad Breath From Experts Dr. Harold Katz 2011
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The tests did not detect the presence or found only very limited or occasional indications of sulfur compounds of particular interest — hydrogen sulfide, carbon disulfide, and carbonyl sulfide.
Long anticipated Chinese drywall report short on answers 2009
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Thus in order for a protein that did not have a disulfide bond to evolve one, several changes in the same gene have to occur.
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Thus in a sense, the disulfide bond is irreducibly complex, although not really to the same degree of complexity as systems made of multiple proteins.
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Over time she revealed to government and business the dangers of certain dyes, carbon monoxide, mercury, lead, radium (commonly used in wristwatch dials), benzene, the chemicals in storage batteries, and carbon disulfide and hydrogen sulfide bases which ware created during the process of making rayon.
Kate Kelly: For Labor Day: A Nod to a Woman Who Pushed for Worker Safety 2009
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Fish were dissected and liver tissue subsampled for analysis of metal content (cadmium – Cd and zinc – Zn) and biochemical stress indicators (glutathione – GSH, glutathione disulfide – GSSG, glycogen, and Vitamin C).
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