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Elaboration

Elaboration

1. The act or process of producing or refining with labour; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

2. (Science: physiology) The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues.

Origin: L. Elaboratio: cf. F. Elaboration.


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Re: Denaturation of enzymes

So in response to what poison wrote, I need a little more elaboration upon the denaturation and renaturation. You said that most proteins don't reform their natural shape. Could this be due to the fact that you need chaperones and other such helpers to ...

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by carmenh
Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:21 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Denaturation of enzymes
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Re: question about skin cells elaboration

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by blcr11
Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:12 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: question about skin cells elaboration
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question about skin cells elaboration

Why the elaboration of skin cells (in laboratories) is easier than liver and kidney cells? :? my proffesor said that nowadays it's impossible make liver and kidney cells, buy in the case of be posible, why? sorry for my english. :|

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by rieiro
Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:30 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: question about skin cells elaboration
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What is the importance of water to biological systems?

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by bionut720
Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:48 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
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by ooolex
Sun Feb 05, 2006 5:46 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
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