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adenosine triphosphate

American  
[uh-den-uh-seen-trahy-fahs-fayt] / əˈdɛn əˌsin traɪˈfɑs feɪt /

noun

  1. Biochemistry. ATP.


adenosine triphosphate British  

noun

  1. the full name of ATP 1

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adenosine triphosphate Scientific  
/ trī-fŏs′fāt′ /
  1. See ATP


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In the field of cancer immunotherapy, it has long been known that T cells are not able to create their cellular energy, called adenosine triphosphate or ATP, when they are inside of a solid tumor.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2024

The body stores and burns energy by perpetually making and breaking the phosphate bonds found in the cell’s little cash machines, its adenosine triphosphate molecules, better known as ATP.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022

Although it’s not yet clear just what scientists will do with this 26-atom rotary motor, a larger biological analog uses rotational motion to generate adenosine triphosphate, the fuel used by cells to do work.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 5, 2022

His work has shown that these patients usually have poorly functioning mitochondria — organelles that provide energy to cells in the form of adenosine triphosphate, or ATP.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2021

The answer lies with an energy-supplying molecule called adenosine triphosphate, or ATP.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013

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