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- noun Plural form of
macromolecule .
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By analogy, the theta temperature for macromolecules is often referred to as the Flory temperature.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1974 - Presentation Speech 1974
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"macromolecules", reports on their reactivity, structure, and chemistry still remain the purview of biology and biochemistry.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Variability in surface proteins is advantageous in extending the range of specific cell-cell attachments for transfer of DNA and other macromolecules.
James A. Shapiro: DNA as Poetry: Multiple Messages in a Single Sequence James A. Shapiro 2012
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The study of biological systems may become more dominant and move from individual macromolecules to large interactive systems, for example, in chemical signaling and in neural function, including the brain.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010
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The pioneering studies of these three investigators form the basis for the enormous number of new crystal structures of biological macromolecules, which have been published in the second half of the 20th century
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010
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Many Nobel Prizes have been awarded for the determination of the structure of biological macromolecules (proteins and nucleic acids).
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010
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Variability in surface proteins is advantageous in extending the range of specific cell-cell attachments for transfer of DNA and other macromolecules.
James A. Shapiro: DNA as Poetry: Multiple Messages in a Single Sequence James A. Shapiro 2012
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Flory carried out fundamental theoretical as well as experimental investigations of the physical chemistry of macromolecules, but his work also led to such important polymers as nylon and synthetic rubber.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010
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Collaborating with the biochemist Edward Tatum at Stanford University in California, Beadle discovered that genes carried instructions to build proteins—complex, multidimensional macromolecules that were the workhorses of the cell.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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This hypothesis has been fruitful, leading to the discovery of extrasolar macromolecules, extrasolar planets and advances in abiogenetics.
Continuation… 2008
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