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- noun A unit of mass equal to 1,000 atomic mass units.
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- noun An
atomic mass unit equal to 1,000daltons ; usually used to describe themolecular weight of large molecules such asproteins .
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These isoforms are produced naturally in a particular ratio, with the 20 kilodalton isoform comprising 5-10% of the human growth hormone in the body.
CNN.com 2011
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These isoforms are produced naturally in a particular ratio, with the 20 kilodalton isoform comprising 5-10% of the human growth hormone in the body.
SI.com 2011
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E. coli synthesize this ultra high molecular weight (as big as 285 kilodalton) spider silk protein having highly repetitive amino acid sequence, we helped
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"We could obtain appreciable expression of the 285 kilodalton spider silk protein, which is the largest recombinant silk protein ever produced in
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When cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV), a similarly structured virus that infects the same plant host, was used in place of CPMV no binding in the 54 kilodalton region was observed (
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