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- noun Plural form of
zymogen .
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I found this interesting , not only because of the evolutionary implications, but also because protease zymogens like trypsinogen act as autocatalytic systems in organisms like me and you, Sal: Trypsinogen enters the small intestine, and gets a peptide bond cloven and breaks down into trypsin.
Vacuity of ID: Comments on Irreducible Complexity - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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They are regulated at the level of transcription, activation of the precursor zymogens, and inhibition mainly by tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs).
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They are regulated at the level of transcription, activation of the precursor zymogens, and inhibition mainly by tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs).
WN.com - Articles related to DTI favors zero tariffs on cement, wheat 2010
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