nitrogen metabolism

collocation in English

meaningsofnitrogenandmetabolism

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nitrogen
noun[U]
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/ˈnaɪ.trə.dʒən/us
/ˈnaɪ.trə.dʒən/
a chemical element that is a gas with no colour or taste, forms most of the earth's atmosphere, and is a part of all ...
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metabolism
noun[C]
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/məˈtæb.əl.ɪ.zəm/us
/məˈtæb.əl.ɪ.zəm/
all the chemical processes in your body, especially those that cause food to be used for energy ...
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(Definition ofnitrogenandmetabolismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In addition to the likely impact of condensed tannins onnitrogenmetabolism, tannins may also affect the mineral supply of the animal35,36.
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They shared wide-ranging interests in plant physiology (and especiallynitrogenmetabolism), freshwater biology, and plant ecology.
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Next to this, groups of genes related to chemotaxis, flagellum formation andnitrogenmetabolismwere also differentially expressed.
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Genetic and physiological analysis of germination efficiency in maize in relation tonitrogenmetabolism reveals the importance of cytosolic glutamine synthetase.
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Nitrogenmetabolismand seed composition as influenced by glyphosate application in glyphosateresistant soybean.
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The system uses enormous bilobed coelomic chambers filled with ammonium chloride derived as waste products from theirnitrogenmetabolism.
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Nickel is essential for activation of urease, an enzyme involved withnitrogenmetabolismthat is required to process urea.
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This enzyme participates in c5-branched dibasic acid metabolism andnitrogenmetabolism.
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It was initially assumed that the alkaloids are the final products ofnitrogenmetabolismin plants, as urea in mammals.
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Urea is an important by-product of this reaction sequence because it makes ammonicial ammonia (urease-mediated) that is available to support intermediarynitrogenmetabolism.
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Her contributions to the study ofnitrogenmetabolismled to a better understanding of human disorders in urea synthesis.
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This enzyme participates innitrogenmetabolismand sulfur metabolism.
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This enzyme participates in tryptophan metabolism andnitrogenmetabolism.
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In this way, the third nitrogen atom of canavanine enters into the reactions ofnitrogenmetabolismof the plant.
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This enzyme participates in tyrosine metabolism andnitrogenmetabolism.
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This enzyme participates in 5 metabolic pathways: methionine metabolism, cysteine metabolism, selenoamino acid metabolism,nitrogenmetabolism, and sulfur metabolism.
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This enzyme participates innitrogenmetabolism.
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