intramolecular
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of intramolecular
Example Sentences
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Pre-rRNAs and pre- tRNAs may be processed by intramolecular cleavage, splicing, methylation, and chemical conversion of nucleotides.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Even though the RNA is single stranded, most RNA types show extensive intramolecular base pairing between complementary sequences, creating a predictable three-dimensional structure essential for their function.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The strengths of these attractive forces vary widely, though usually the IMFs between small molecules are weak compared to the intramolecular forces that bond atoms together within a molecule.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Each protein molecule contributes two windings of a helix to the length of the fibril so that the β-strands alternate between intermolecular and intramolecular hydrogen bonding along the axis of the fibre.
From Nature ● Nov. 8, 2016
Some estimates as to the exact character of this intramolecular motion, together with recent theories as to the actual structure of the molecule, will claim our attention in a later volume.
From A History of Science — Volume 3 by Henry Smith Williams
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