Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white powder, C5H4N4O, that is an intermediate in the metabolism of animal purines.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A substance (C5H4N4O) found in the muscles, liver, spleen, and other organs, which crystallizes in needles and forms compounds with both acids and bases. It is also produced during the putrefaction of proteids. Also called
sarcine .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A
bicyclic heterocycle 3,7-dihydropurin-6-one that is an intermediate in the biosynthesis ofuric acid
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Examples
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Production of a model for Lesch-Nyhan syndrome in hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase-deficient mice.
The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information 2007
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In addition, a second chemical found in tea—a compound known as hypoxanthine—also appears to be a component of follicular fluid, the liquid that surrounds the egg and helps foster maturation and even fertilization.
Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000
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The results also demonstrated that guanine, adenine and another building block called hypoxanthine could be produced at lower temperatures than previously reported.
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[39] Koller BH, Hagemann LJ, Doetschman T, Hagaman JR, Huang S, Williams PJ, et al. Germ-line transmission of a planned alteration made in a hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase gene by homologous recombination in embryonic stem cells.
The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information 2007
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He and his co-workers transferred a mutant gene for hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT), which is defective in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, an X-linked monogenic defect of purine metabolism [21].
The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information 2007
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Hulambda14, clone: human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT).
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Hulambda 15, clone: human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT).
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Hulambda4x-8, clone: human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT).
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PHPT31, clone: human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT).
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Hulambda15, clone: human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT).
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