Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A yellow crystalline compound, C12H8N2, used in the manufacture of dyes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A yellow crystalline base, C12H8N2, made by heating calcium azobenzoate with slaked lime. It melts at 170–171° C. and dissolves in sulphuric acid with a blood-red color.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry any of a class of
aromatic tricyclic heterocycles used to makedyestuffs
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Examples
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Although these particular ligands do not affect the enzyme's activity, the researchers plan to modify the ligands so they can inhibit phenazine biosynthesis, which is associated with bacterial virulence and infectious disease.
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In bacteria, PhzA/B catalyzes the condensation of two identical amino-cyclohexenone molecules to create a phenazine precursor.
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We also identified several metabolic regions acquired from actinobacteria and pseudomonads (relating to phenazine biosynthesis, homogentisate catabolism, phenylacetic acid degradation, DNA degradation) not present in the
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