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Light chains

Light chain

(Science: immunology, protein) The lighter of the two types of polypeptide chains that are found in immunoglobulin and antibody molecules.

also used as a non-specific term for the smaller subunits of several multimeric proteins such as immunoglobulin, myosin, dynein, clathrin.


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... functional emergent multicellular design . Is possible to tell how far light generation technology has advanced and possible vision morphology by ... to represent the conscious ideals not yet common in our morphology. Chains with more than three Carbon atoms can form many different structural ...

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by GaryGaulin
Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:58 am
 
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Topic: Intelligent Design?
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IMMUNOLOGY HELP!PLEASE!

... 1) The basic Ig unit is composed of: Non-covalently bound polypeptide chains 2 identical heavy and 2 identical light chains 2 different heavy and 2 identical light chains 2 identical heavy and 2 different ...

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by pinkypig
Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:12 pm
 
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Re: Surviving cannibals

... will not allow to produce one kilogram of John Smith. This is why food chains have the shape of a pyramid when you consider biomass (or energy): ... dead leaves, but they do it for nutrients, not energy (theirs come from light). A plant population could (in theory) live forever by recycling its ...

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by DrD
Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:08 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Surviving cannibals
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cellular respiration help

... choice in terms; I think of energy “harvesting” as being the light harvesting systems in plants, which is a related topic, but not quite ... speak; for each 6 carbon glucose that enters the cycle, 2 three-carbon chains are produced. Each 3-carbon fragment is processed by a subsequent ...

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by blcr11
Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:34 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: cellular respiration help
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The Fiber Disease

... and obtain high yields of cadmium chloride nanowires that behave as light conductors. “Syntheses that use molecular molds have advantages,” explains ... water-friendly head group and water-repellent tail groups (hydrocarbon chains). In aqueous surroundings, they line up tail to tail into double-layered ...

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by London
Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:47 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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