protein synthesis
Americannoun
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It is a key component of protein synthesis and is abundant in protein-rich foods like meat, dairy products, and legumes such as beans and lentils.
From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2025
Five hours later, the researchers took another muscle biopsy to measure how the meal and exercise together affected protein synthesis.
From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025
Friedmann Angeli's group aims to investigate which other proteins collaborate with PRDX6 to maintain selenium protein synthesis.
From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2024
The system allows scientists to study the impact of each chromatin modification on transcription, the mechanism by which genes are copied into mRNA to drive protein synthesis.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2024
In turn, RNA chains were the likely candidates for the templates for protein synthesis.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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