biosynthetic
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or characterized by biosynthesis, the formation of chemical compounds by a living organism, or a laboratory process modeled after these reactions in living organisms.
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of or relating to a substance produced by a biosynthetic process.
Etymology
Origin of biosynthetic
Example Sentences
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The study also found that these coral-associated bacteria contain a wider range of biosynthetic gene clusters, which are the genetic instructions for making natural compounds, than has been recorded anywhere else in the ocean.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2026
This may be the longest biosynthetic pathway ever inserted into yeast.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024
They also determined potential biosynthetic precursors and metabolic pathways that the plants use to form these compounds.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024
Researchers in the Osbourn group at the John Innes Centre have been investigating biosynthetic gene clusters in wheat -- groups of genes that are co-localized on the genome and work together to produce specific molecules.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2023
This was the first step in the cardenolide biosynthetic pathway in these two only distantly related plants.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023
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